I'm inclined to agree.  If a specific committer is working on a large 
change and doesn't want to be disturbed by other commits, well that is what
cvs branches are for.

--Josh


At 12:30 on 03/01/2002 EST, Bryce Denney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Fri, 1 Mar 2002, Drew Northup wrote:
> > The _wonderful_ US of A has some messy laws when it comes to software. 
> > Don't worry too much about the details of how I'll pull this off--that's
> > my problem ;-).  For now I'm the only one doing _any_ cvs committing
> > anyway.  That clears up some problems there.  And yes, I do know who to
> > talk to about setting up a new non-US hosted site--so that is already
> > being worked on.
> 
> 
> Especially for a project which is done in one's spare time, I strongly
> recommend giving cvs write access to a number of interested and competent
> people.  Then progress can continue even when the primary developer(s) are
> unable to find the time.
> 
> It's got to be a balance between two extremes
>   (a) one person controls the cvs and publishes a readonly copy, and
>   (b) so many people are contributing without adequate communication that
>      code quality goes down.
> 
> IMHO, plex86 has tended toward one extreme, and that's why the project
> came to such an abrupt stop when Kevin was not able to continue on it.
> 
> Regards,
> Bryce
> 
> 



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