On 9/30/08 12:24 PM, Glynn Foster wrote: > On 1/10/2008, at 3:11 AM, Jim Grisanzio wrote: > > >> hey ... as we implement the new roles in the new site, the guys have >> raised some questions I wanted to clarify. >> >> In the main roles/groups proposal the role "Participant" is specific >> to >> each Group it's associated with >> http://www.genunix.org/wiki/index.php/OGB_2008/010. That's clear. >> >> However, in the Membership proposal we say that anyone who signs up to >> the site is a Participant >> http://wiki.genunix2.org/wiki/index.php/OGB_2008/010_membership. The >> problem with that wording is that it can imply that anyone who signs >> up >> to the site is a Participant in all Groups, which obviously can't be >> the >> case. We should clarify this to mean that people who sign up to the >> site >> are registrants who are /eligible/ to be Participants in whatever >> Group >> they want to be part of (Project, UG, Community). Cool with that >> change/clarification? >> > > Sounds fine to me. > > >> Also, regarding Contributors to Projects: we currently have it set >> that >> Contributors have rights to access all the code repositories of a >> given >> Project. However, we feel it's better to give the Leader the ability >> to >> assign access on a per-repository basis. This gives an extra level of >> control. Cool with that change/clarification? >> > > All projects should have public repositories ideally - with everyone > achieving read-only rights. Leaders should absolutely be the ones who > decide whether an individual gets read/write rights. > While I think all projects should ideally have public repositories, I see the usefulness of having private repos to do smaller-team related work that might not be ready or appropriate for public consumption. (e.g. let's say a Project has 6 repos, 1 main repo, and 5 current in-flight development repos... while all Contributors to a Project may know the difference between the 6, a casual bystander or new visitor may be confused by the repos and pull the wrong one.)
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