On Feb 17, 2006, at 11:59 PM, Philippe Bossut wrote:
Ted Leung wrote:
The use of the private list is to avoid discussing issues about
people in the public forum, especially if it is decided that the
person either will not be granted commit privileges or that they
need more time to work in the project before being granted commit
status. Also, the usual pathway is that an existing committer
proposes that a contributor be granted access as opposed to the
contributor making that request.
This looks identical to a co-optation system as used in various
scientific and literary groups and communities. Why not call it
that way then? IOW, what the downside of skipping the public voting
entirely since it's a formality?
There isn't necessarily a downside, except that it lets people know
that someone is being considered for commit access and offers a
window into the positive reasons for granting it.
Ted
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