Tim,

you missed my point. Sander asked whether commit access is, or is seen as, a barrier.
The answer is: yes. It is one of many barriers that we have. You're pointing out that
those are in place for a reason. Well, yeah.


For example, commit priviledge is something which is earned by individuals and given out
by a community, hence facilitating a "community" feel. Someone who is granted committer
status usually feels honoured to be asked to be part of the team. Works nicely.


Now the catch: for some stuff, I happen to think some current barriers don't make sense.
They result in lots of unneccessary duplication (of effort and material).


"general" documentation is one of those areas. A low barrier to cross-project co-operation
on stuff like that will help avoid pages like http://httpd.apache.org/dev/nt-cvs-ssh.txt


IOW, this is not about technical difficulty or community dynamics, it is about managing
the path of least resistance for a common cross-project concern which is completely
orthogonal to the reason(s) for the existence of our barriers.


cheers!

- Leo

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