Zoran Vasiljevic wrote:
I do commit to Tcl project as you know. Funny, I never had any
second thoughts there. Allright, perhaps the very first time I did,
but this is long time ago. I somehow believe that locks there (either
real or psychological) are far more relaxed. Now, this may all be
exsistential rubbish, but I *do* feel this way, somehow.
I could say the gatekeeper there, whoever it is (Jeff, you are?)
is far less visible. Also, the policy of TIP's makes a pretty
clear path to anybody wanting to add/change Tcl functionality.
I am the Tcl gatekeeper, as release manager. I feel the pain
of watching commits and questioning them - which I actually
do on occasion (about 1/month). Sometimes the commiter isn't
following Tcl style guide 100%, sometimes I have to question
what the effects are. It's no easy task, but in having an
open system, others have taken more responsibility on areas
and I don't have to worry about them. More eyes, better code.
As we did previously discussed this (TIP) issue for AS and
the consensus was that the AS project is still not of that
size that it would justify the TIP-like infrastructure, I
was hoping to see at least a little bit formal guidance about
what the actual commit policy is. Also, it seems that we're now
heading into this direction... Lets see what will come out
of it.
As an AOLServer project admin, I say commit and be merry. [*]
In fostering community, let's move things forward with an
optimistic outlook, and concern ourselves with problems when
they arise. They will (hey, I'm pragmatic too ;) ), but you
can't make an omelette without breaking some eggs.
Jeff
[*] I have no real authority to say that, but I'm sure Dossy,
et al won't mind ... much. :)
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