On Thu, Mar 20, 2003 at 02:48:21PM +0000, Alan Hourihane wrote: > On Thu, Mar 20, 2003 at 11:37:34 +0000, Keith Whitwell wrote: > > - Extend CVS access to regular contributors. Use scripts or > > whatever to control access to subtrees if you want. > > This comes up from time to time, and I'm sure will get discussed even more. > I know there have been offers to others for CVS commit access, and some > have refused and some have accepted. The consensus of who gets commit > access has always been - if they show competance at sending patches in, > then after a period of time, no doubt they'll get it. It's the same as > the DRI, but with more of a prolonged period of evaluating that persons > patches. I guess this 'prolonged' period, is the stickling point for most. Why not simply have a second CVS repository, where most development would take place under, while the current repository would be the one used for (pre-/post-) releases with coarse-grain commits. Like stable and development branches, but with the branches being on different repositories.
This could give an effective answer to people desires: - CVS write access of the 2nd repository could be given to more people, with less - The core developers would retain full control over the releases - Patches could be commited faster and could be tested more effectively. Less burden on the core developers as patch would already been tested by a regular developer and verified by users until a decision to include on the 1st repository has to be made. - Nightly builds of the 2nd repository could be made available so that users could test the lastest fixes and/or new features. It seems a more scalable and open development model without damage for the existing rights. At least it would be a step forward from the current deteriorating situation. José Fonseca ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Tablet PC. Does your code think in ink? You could win a Tablet PC. Get a free Tablet PC hat just for playing. What are you waiting for? http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?micr5043en _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
