Good information. I don't see anything massively different from the workflow nvie proposes. This is a good write up of how to contribute.
Hi guys,
FYI, this is how we have adopted successful branching model for RichFaces:
http://community.jboss.org/wiki/RichFacesGitWorkflowModel
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Lukas Fryc
RichFaces Core Developer
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