Re: How do I?

[Lars Ræder <larsrc gmail com>]

On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 21:17:08 -0600, Dave Klotzbach
<dklotzbach foxvalley net> wrote:
> In the fall of 2004, I started to use the UML portion of this dia
> program in earnest. I had been using several commercial programs in my
> work and wanted something I could use for my "home" projects. Even
> though Dia was advertised as having complete support for the UML static
> structures, I found that I was used to having a design tool that was
> much closer to the language as described by the OMG and the Three
> Amigos.
> Always willing to give back to the culture that has supported me for the
> last 30+ years, I have endeavored to make the UML portion of Dia more
> compliant with the standard as it is currently described.
> My changes do not include any of the enhancements as described in
> UML 2.0.
> 
> To that end, I have modified the code for Associations so that the dialog
> associate with associations now has the ability to set the visibility of
> the roles as defined in Chapter 10 of "The Unified Modeling Language User
> Guide" by Booch, Rumbaugh and Jacobson.
> 
> I have only started to test these changes under Windows XP, and I saw the
> note
> about the up coming 0.95 release. Should I submit a bugzilla with a patch
> file,
> wait for the next release or what?

I think submitting a bugzilla report with a patch is a good idea. 
Even if we decide that it's not ready for prime time, you'll get
valuable feedback.  And who knows, it might actually be ready.

-Lars