Good idea!
I will immediately appoint you, Tom, and you Bob as proxies that can approve
patches.
I wil publish the status on the web site (using the Project Manager's
message).
/Linus
2008/9/20 Tom Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Rather than having textual descriptions or using the generic "commit
> restrictions apply," how about adopting a simple color coded scheme
> for the status of the source repository? Something like:
>
> Green - any type of commit allowed
> Yellow - fixes for defects only
> Red - prior approval of the release manager required before any commit
>
> If the release manager's availability is limited, perhaps they could
> designate one or more proxies to approve patches. We actually want
> patches which are going to be approved to be committed as early as
> possible so that they at least get exposed to testing by the other
> developers, rather than having them committed immediately before the
> build happens. Having the caveat that you can't approve your own
> patch would make sure that we got at least two opinions on everything.
>
> Tom
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