-1 We shouldn't allow decisions to be made by individuals who haven't earned merit. As soon as they have, they should be invited to join.
On Wednesday, December 24, 2014, Bruno Mahé <[email protected]> wrote: > -1 for the same reasons. > > Thanks, > Bruno > > On 12/23/2014 12:02 AM, Konstantin Boudnik wrote: > >> -1 (binding) >> >> Here's my reasoning. As Bruno said elsewhere a patch has two parts in it: >> correctness, and cultural and directional fit with the project. While the >> former can be reviewed by a non-committer, the former can not. >> >> On the other hand (and I agree with Bruno again), if a person has >> "demonstrated competency" then such a person needs to be brought on board >> as a >> committer. Bigtop, unlike quite a few upstream project, has very >> reasonable >> entry-level expectations. A contributor doesn't have to have a hundred of >> huge >> patches to be accepted in order to become a committer. So, while I >> understand >> the urge of unload the committers from some of the reviews, I think it is >> important to a committer to stay well-versed about the development of the >> project, instead of relying on someone else to do said committer's job. >> Instead, a committer in question should be helping a contributor to gain >> enough momentum to gain a commit-bit. >> >> Hopefully, it makes sense. >> Cos >> >> On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 08:02AM, jay vyas wrote: >> >>> Hi folks. Please cast a vote on this idea,... Its not a huge deal >>> either >>> way, so don't be shy :)... Just thought I'd bring up the idea. >>> >>> I propose : allowing non commiters to +1 patches as sufficient for >>> commit. >>> >>> Why? To increase the ability of external community members to increase >>> productivity in the bigtop process. >>> >>> The proposal: In cases where a developer has proven comptency/expertise >>> in >>> an area of the code base, or significantly knowledgeable on the subject >>> matter or patch in question, we allow a +1 as sufficient for commit. >>> >>> +1 : Its okay for a non-commiter to +1 a commit, and that is sufficient >>> to >>> push a patch to master. >>> -1 : Only commiters can give a official +1 which substantiates to commit >>> to >>> master. >>> >>> >>> Thanks ! >>> >>> Jay >>> >> > -- Best regards, - Andy Problems worthy of attack prove their worth by hitting back. - Piet Hein (via Tom White)
