On Sat, 2 Feb 2002 06:41, Steve Downey wrote: > OK, I'm not a committer, merely a client, but it seems to me that all Peter > proved is that he can act childishly. His position is that he doesn't trust > the other committers.
I wouldn't say that - merely that it should work like a meritocracy (like Apache is supposed to). > He doesn't want his code subject to someone else's > criticism. critism is great and is the best way to improve something - however criticism != voting rights > Considering the interdependencies of the commons code, that > strikes me as a bad idea. Danger Will Robinson, Danger! > For example, suppose someone made a change to beanutils that was disastrous > for digester. Peter's position is that a committer who happens to be > working on digester couldn't -1 the change to beanutils. I suspect the committers overlap so they easily could -1 a change. Even if they couldn't they could just fork it. -- Cheers, Pete "Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech." - Benjamin Franklin -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
