Add members to the project

[matsievskiysv]

This project has not seen any updates in a while. Maybe some active contributors could be given write access so development could move on?

[DerekGn]

@matsievskiysv

Another, less than ideal, idea maybe to fork the project and continue the development on the fork. Create the fork under an organization and add a number of admins to that org/fork.

You can create a forked repo and then add the BusPirate/Bus_pirate repo as an upstream repo

git remote add upstream https://github.com/BusPirate/Bus_Pirate.git

You can then pull all the open PRs to the forked repo

git fetch [NAME REMOTE PROJECT] pull/[PR NUMBER]/head:[PR BRANCH NAME]

For example pull PR 170 changes to a branch called pr_name

git fetch upstream pull/170/head:pr_name

That way all of the contributions can be merged into the fork.

[matsievskiysv]

I know how to create PRs.
The problem is that this project has a lot of very old PRs with no reviews. Clearly, the maintainer of the project could use some help with those.
I didn't mean that project members should push their code directly to master. They could help with currently opened PRs.

[DerekGn]

I think you missed the point, never said you didn't know how to create PRs, that fact is self evident you have an open PR #170 :)

These are not instructions to create PRs. These are instructions on how to copy existing PR changes from this repo into a new repo.
Basically a whole sale fork of this repo in it current state. The copied PR changes are moved to their own branch on the fork.

At this point there has not been significant code changes made to this repo for a number of years, hence suggestion to do a wholesale fork of the repo.

Maybe the owner of this repo will open it up only time will tell.

[matsievskiysv]

@DerekGn Oh, I've misread your comment. Sorry.

[DerekGn]

@matsievskiysv Hey no problem

[psolyca]

Done https://gist.github.com/psolyca/6423302561f4cc6be46716c201758abb
Everyting is compiling but currently I did not test it on the board.

[ojg78]

Is the gist going to become a full supported fork? I'm trying to work out if this project is dead\dying or if getting the v4 hardware would be a good idea.

[psolyca]

Sorry I have built a bin and used it but forgot to update the gist 😅
I'm just using the UART mode.

[matsievskiysv]

I'm trying to work out if this project is dead\dying or if getting the v4 hardware would be a good idea.

IMHO this firmware is good enough for many applications. It's my go-to device for getting acquainted with the new chips.

[ojg78]

Is there a consensus on choosing v4 vs V3. X? Thanks for the responses.

[matsievskiysv]

Is there a consensus on choosing v4 vs V3. X? Thanks for the responses.

I'm a simple man, I just go with higher number.
I don't remember having any v4 specific issues.