> Too often I see issues filed
> in Thrift's jira that get turned down by Facebook
> folks without any input from non-Facebook committers.

> One way to resolve this is for the Facebook employees
> to continue to comment on these issues but to ask for
> input from other committers before closing the issue.

Joe, these comments frustrate me because the paint a negative picture of
Mark and myself that is simply inaccurate.  Mark an I both pointed out
specific problems with the approach the submitter was taking and offered
alternative approaches to bypass the problems.  Then the submitter
voluntarily closed his own issue.  In general, I try to avoid closing
issues as invalid and let the submitter do so (as in THRIFT-692) unless
it is something obvious like a missing build dependency.

I think it's implied that any committer (or contributor for that matter)
should feel free to comment on any issue.

--David

On 08/14/2010 09:25 AM, Joe Schaefer wrote:
> THRIFT-819 to me is a pattern of dialog I'd like
> to see improved.  Too often I see issues filed
> in Thrift's jira that get turned down by Facebook
> folks without any input from non-Facebook committers.
> That tends to institutionalize the idea Facebook
> retains tight control over all architectural decisions
> for this project.
> 
> One way to resolve this is for the Facebook employees
> to continue to comment on these issues but to ask for
> input from other committers before closing the issue.
> Another approach is to recognize the pattern and return
> to the dev list with some educational posts about the
> goals of Thrift and its design.  Those suggestions
> are not mutually exclusive.
> 
> 
>       

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