On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 9:41 AM, Paul Benedict <pbened...@apache.org> wrote: > Thanks Martin and Wendy for your replies. > > On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 10:15 AM, Martin Cooper <mart...@apache.org> wrote: >> If you're concerned about the need for committership, then certainly >> the bar is a bit higher than just filing an iCLA. However, it's >> absolutely possible to gain committership for documentation, rather >> than code. I can think of two people, off the top of my head, who have >> been given committership in Struts primarily for documentation, at >> least initially. If there are people who are contributing patches for >> the docs, then perhaps we should be looking at that. > > I didn't know people could be given committer rights to only > documentation. Last time I probed this topic, I was told (and the > email thread exists somewhere) that there are no such thing as partial > rights -- you get to commit access to everything (or nothing) under > the struts group.
That's not what I meant. Sorry if I wasn't clear. It's still true that commit access is for all of the Struts repo and not for pieces of it. What I meant is that people can earn commit rights on the basis of their work on documentation. Merit is not confined only to code. -- Martin Cooper > Since Confluence is a different system, perhaps > things became more lenient when I wasn't looking. > >> One other option that comes to mind is Sidewiki. I haven't actually >> played with this myself yet, but it seems like it might be an >> interesting option for allowing anyone to add content and comments >> alongside the official docs. Anyone have an opinion on how viable, or >> otherwise, this might be? > > I wasn't hoping to open up a new wiki discussion ;-) but I do remember > some committers saying they're unhappy with Confluence. If all of > Struts could put their documentation in one place, I am willing to go > wherever the group decides. > >> So I guess what I'm saying is that no, I don't think I have "technical >> objections", but I think there might be other alternatives worth >> discussing too. Migrating the docs would not be an easy task! > > Yes, I don't look forward to it, but I think keeping it in SVN is akin > to being frozen in an ice-berg. Even I hate editing it. Anyway, with > the help of Lukasz, I hope it is easier. > > Paul > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@struts.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@struts.apache.org
