Re: How to contribute a new extension?

Marcus Boerger wrote: > Hello KaiGai, > > Tuesday, February 24, 2009, 6:11:02 AM, you wrote: > >> Hi, > >> I'm one of the developers in the SELinux. >> I have an extension of PHP to provide interfaces to communicate >> with SELinux, and would like to propose them to the official PHP. > >> Now I'm looking for informations about steps to propose a new >> extension. Could someone point to me? >> I could not find introductions to submit patches. :( > >> The following pages show specifications and implementations that >> I would like to propose: >> http://code.google.com/p/sepgsql/wiki/Memo_PHP_SELinux >> >> http://code.google.com/p/sepgsql/source/browse/misc/php-selinux/ > >> But I'm not clear for what should I do in the next. >> - What is the correct list to submit a patch? >> - What base version of PHP should I make a patch toward? >> - What facilities are necessary except for the code? >> (I guess documentation and testcases are required.) >> - Who can admit the patch inclusion? > >> Sorry, I'm not good at development cycle in this community... > > Nice. Now to get your work into PHP you need to propose it to > PELC (PHP Extension Community Library). To do so follow here: > http://pecl.php.net/account-request.php Marcus, Thanks for your information. I'll get a start from announcement of SELinux extensions on the pecl-dev list. I guess the module name of "selinux" will be acceptable for people. > Normally those extensions are developed with the their source > in th epecl repository, thus you need a CVS account. Also note > that we have restrictions on the possible licenses. I've not determined the license of the extension, so we can choose the most preferable one (PHP license 3.0). Thanks, -- OSS Platform Development Division, NEC KaiGai Kohei <kaigai@ak.jp.nec.com>