On Sep 20, 2005, at 9:29 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dude,
It's catch 22. There weren't any legitimate committers (because
there was no initial code base) at the beginning of the project to
"vote". Because of this, there needs to be a lower barrier of entry
than a formal procedure.
Having a "barrier to entry" isn't in conflict with a "formal
procedure". We are going to have a formal procedure because the code
pedigree is critical for this project.
Otherwise I might suggest a segment of the willing go off and
create an initial codebase in a CVS/SVN somewhere that is more open
and then submit it. For a project with no code this seems a bit
officious. Let the "likely" people in (Mladen for instance is an
apache committer in good standing who has plans to do something)
and then let Darwin sort them out. Then they can vote in
committers in the normal way. The project needs code!!! Rather
than being officious, the goal should be to facillitate every means
possible to make that happen. It will be messy and there will be
serveral misdirections but thats what a repository is for. Forward
momentum.
This is clearly a position we all believe in - we need code. I'll
remark in another summary message.
geir
-Andy
Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote:
On Sep 20, 2005, at 9:11 AM, Davanum Srinivas wrote:
Geir,
When folks have sent in their ACQ/ICLA, we should give them direct
commit access (after maybe a VOTE on the ppmc list). I really don't
like putting so many road blocks, what exactly are we waiting for?
What roadblocks are you talking about?
We certainly want a vote and not just make everyone who fills in
paperwork a committer. I don't think we need a high bar to
entry, but at least a patch, maybe? This is a good subject to
discuss.
*Any* bulk contribution - i.e. code created outside of the day to
day flow of the project by committers should come into a JIRA so
the contribution can be inspected and understood to be a clearly
delineated contribution. We will be keeping a record of all such
contributions.
geir
Assuming that all is well with the ACQ, this means that we can
accept
the code you have put in the WIKI into SVN for people to start
playing with. You will have to add the code to a JIRA entry for
the
project, so you can definitively offer it under the Apache license.
Thanks,
dims
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