+1 from me.

Mike

Cameron Shorter wrote:
> mapbuilder-developers,
> Lisasoft has won some work to extend Mapbuilder to support a Canadian 
> Geographic Data Infrastructure Pilot project, and to add KML support as 
> part of the OGC's OWS5 testbed.
>
> I have 3 developers from Lisasoft working on this under my technical 
> guidance:
> Eric Lam,
> Martin Vivian,
> Jim Groffen.
>
> What I would like to do is give these developers access to the 
> Mapbuilder sandbox directory to do their development, eventually merging 
> back to the trunk when the code is reviewed and stable.
>
> If we were to give these developers access to the mapbuilder repository 
> immediately, it would break with usual convention of getting a developer 
> to submit patches first, then being invited to contribute.
> However, I think that we starting to see new work processes develop as 
> people are getting commercial contracts to extend Mapbuilder. (I think 
> of Jean-Sebastian under Olivier's guidance as another example).
> Having a developer commit directly to the repository rather than 
> applying patches is a more efficient way of getting code submitted.
>
> So I'd like to propose that a new developer can be fast tracked to 
> "committer" status IF an existing respected developer (or PSC member?) 
> volunteers to vouch for the new develop's code.
> Ie, the Existing developer needs to agree to review the new developers 
> code before it is committed back into the Mapbuilder trunk or main 
> development branches.
>
> +1
>
>   


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