> --On Wednesday, September 11, 2002 1:55 PM -0700 Jon Travis
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> On Wed, Sep 11, 2002 at 07:45:21PM +0000, Jeff Trawick wrote:
>>> While we believe that the El-Kabong codebase is a valuable contribution
>>> that we would like to pick up, we also recognize the possibility that
>>> you may have a decreased incentive to work on it further if you are
>>> initially denied commit access to the repository when it moves to the
>>> ASF. If this is the case, we understand that it may be best for the
>>> codebase to live elsewhere if it would be harmed by a lack of
>>> contributions from its original author, and we look to you for further
>>> guidance on this issue.
>
>Does the ASF relaize what a situation this creates?? IMHO, it will mean
>that anyone in the future who does not already have commit access will
>not donate a code component. That is a situation which is not beneficial
>for the ASF, unless they do not want any extra code.
>Accepting code and denying the donater access to it, the idea alone.
I disagree almost completely. If you are truly dedicated to the ASF
community, you will understand the cautiousness necessary in deciding who
has commit privs. It also has to do with patience - if a person draws
ultimatums trying to get in, what are they going to do when something
doesn't go their way in some other aspect of the project after they have a
vote?
Yes, some people who are impatient or just want commit privs to have the
power may stop donating code, but not people who truly want to see the
community continue, improve, and prosper. Personally, I wouldn't want the
former to have a vote, because it means a watering down of the commitment to
the community vs. self-satisfaction and hidden agendas (I'm by no means
implicating the aforementioned persons in these discussions, I'm just
stating the overall perspective). Anyone is free to correct me if I've
gotten the spirit of all this wrong, but this is what I've gleened from
discussions and reading over the last few weeks of starting my participation
in the community (mainly with jakarta right now).
>Now maybe some solution. However, I am not that much of an expert
>in CVS. Can Jon not get commit access in the the apr/html/el-kabong
>section only?? I guess, this can be done with the CVSROOT/avail file.
It's more a problem with rights (although I think I remember seeing
something CVS related as well). Once a person has commit privs, they have a
vote over the whole project. If he's only supposed have commit over E-K
they'd have to make a special rule (and not to mention the contention that
could be created by having to tell someone "Oh sorry, you can't vote on this
decision").
my 2.5 cents
David J
Sorry to post out of the blue on this but the last few messages really
struck a chord.
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