Place for patches

(1) By anonymous on 2020-06-29 20:00:00

In times of mailing lists, patches could be attached to e-mails.
Where should patches be provided to SQLite upstream now?


Does ticket system allow to attach patches for few people who have accounts there?
https://sqlite.org/src/register says:
"This project does not allow user self-registration. Please contact the project administrator to obtain an account."

(2) By Richard Hipp (drh) on 2020-06-29 20:43:13 in reply to 1 [link]

In order to keep SQLite in the [public domain][1], we are unable to accept
patches.

[1]: https://sqlite.org/copyright.html

If you want to send proof-of-concept changes (which, if accepted, will be
reimplemented in a different way by the developers) you can do so by
copy/pasting your suggestion in-line.  If you are using [Markdown][2] formatting
(the default for this forum) you can put your code in between
balanced `~~~~~` marks.  For example:

[2]:  /md_rules

~~~~~~
   Your Markdown-formatted text goes here.  Then you put your patch:

   ~~~~~
   --- src/resolve.c
   +++ src/resolve.c
   @@ -421,11 +421,12 @@
                 if( IN_RENAME_OBJECT ){
                   pExpr->iColumn = iCol;
                   pExpr->y.pTab = pTab;
                   eNewExprOp = TK_COLUMN;
                 }else{
    -              pExpr->iTable = pNC->uNC.pUpsert->regData + iCol;
    +              pExpr->iTable = pNC->uNC.pUpsert->regData +
    +                 sqlite3TableColumnToStorage(pTab, iCol);
                   eNewExprOp = TK_REGISTER;
                   ExprSetProperty(pExpr, EP_Alias);
                 }
               }else
   ~~~~~
~~~~~~

(3) By Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis (Arfrever) on 2020-06-29 21:05:24 in reply to 2 [link]

Why not requiring something like Contributor License Agreement instead (which would specify that the contributed code remains in public domain)?

(4) By Warren Young (wyoung) on 2020-06-29 21:42:55 in reply to 3 [link]

[There is such a thing already.][1] You are free to mail your signed copy to [the HWACI postal address][2]. I did, years ago, simply to expedite things in the case I ever needed to submit a change.

Whether that gets your patch into SQLite is a separate matter, but you'll at least have gotten past the major legal hurdle.

[1]: https://www.sqlite.org/copyright-release.html
[2]: http://www.hwaci.com/contact.html

(5) By Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis (Arfrever) on 2020-06-29 22:21:15 in reply to 4 [link]

OK. I have sent it (using e-mail)...

If sending such copyright release declaration is useful for contributors, then website should somewhere inform about this possibility.