>Edward Middleton wrote: >> Frisby, Adam wrote: >> >>> --- >>> From the excellent F/OSS guidebook: >>> http://producingoss.com/en/consensus-democracy.html#electorate >> I think the quote is a bit out of context, the book was released in 2005 >> when most people were using centralized version control systems CVCS >> like subversion. I can understand making a big deal about commit access >> (or rights if you want to put it that way) when you are working with a >> CVCS because it is pretty constraining to work it, but aren't you >> moving/have moved to a DVCS[1] (i.e. git) where having commit access to >> the central repository is something more akin to being the release manager.
> [snip: references to Linus and Benovolent Dictator Governance Model] > > In conclusion, the quote was not out of context. This type of > community is alive and well /currently/ in the Linux kernel. ... > The quote was in relation to the Consensus-based Democracy (the opensim political structure?) which in most projects has changed significantly with the advent of DVCS. Maybe this might be more helpful[1]. Edward 1. http://drnicwilliams.com/2008/02/03/using-git-within-a-team/ _______________________________________________ Opensim-dev mailing list Opensim-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-dev