On 2004.08.19, Zoran Vasiljevic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 1) Is the "Vision Statement" you are about to present something that > can be discussed, influenced and eventually agreed upon among the > members of the broader AS community?
Yes, I expect it to be discussed and revised based on everyone's input. > 2) Who is the "Project Owner"? At this point in time, I am. Historically, this position is passed on from one person to another. It's unclear at this point what the policy will be in the future. > 3) One thing that I miss from the above guidelines: If somebody *does* > commit a bug-fix, new feature or similar, under which circumstances > the commit can be backed-off and who is going to decide about that? See guideline #1. It applies in the forward direction as well as backward. Everyone who has CVS commit access, has CVS commit access -- everyone can back out anyone else's change. However, they ought to consider the list of questions in guideline #4 before doing so, especially: * Am I ready to be responsible for defending my decision to commit this change with my peers? If the feature turns out indeed have negative impact, do I feel comfortable with the responsibility for causing it? Do I have the time to make the necessary corrections to make things right and support my decision? If you still feel it's appropriate to back out someone's change, try and discuss the reasons why you feel this way and see if others agree. Perhaps you can persuade the original committer to either back out the change, or find alternate solutions. However, if backing out the change is the correct way to proceed, then do it. ... I've added this as guideline #6. Thanks, Zoran. -- Dossy -- Dossy Shiobara mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Panoptic Computer Network web: http://www.panoptic.com/ "He realized the fastest way to change is to laugh at your own folly -- then you can let go and quickly move on." (p. 70) -- AOLserver - http://www.aolserver.com/ To Remove yourself from this list, simply send an email to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> with the body of "SIGNOFF AOLSERVER" in the email message. You can leave the Subject: field of your email blank.
