On Jul 18, 2011, at 6:28 PM, Torsten Curdt wrote: >> So if the purpose is to lower the barrier for contribution, then why not >> just having a "contrib" directory in SVN, clearly showing that these aren't >> core modules, but still under the oversight of the PMC and the ASF at large?
+1 > I fear that's not really lowering the barrier of entry. Still > committers are the "gate keepers" If "contrib" is implemented, it can come with lower barriers to become a committer too. Limit SVN rights just to contrib directory, and let people earn trust to become full committers with access to all of /cocoon. >> Of course, managing Git pull requests would be more convenient than applying >> patches in Jira, but still, at this point, this is probably easier than >> having a completely separate infrastructure. > > but after all there is already... > > https://github.com/apache/cocoon > > if we could accept pull requests from people with ICLAs on file - that > would be a great step forward to lower the barrier for contributions. If workable, this might be a fine plan too. Vadim
