Nicola Ken Barozzi wrote: > > Let's not be driven by fear, but by opportunity... and let's look at > history. Our open access to Cocoon and Lenya has never given us issues.
By the way, Lenya do not currently have access to our SVN, only Cocoon. > Instead we have gained Antonio and Unico's locationmap. All gain, no > pain... where's the problem? > > If we will have problems, we can still lock down later. Let's remember > it's not about opening to the world, but to *Apache* peers. No problem yet. However i can forsee a situation where there can become a problem. Not being paranoid, just trying to look ahead and make sure that we don't create a problem. Try this hypothetical (mostly so) ... Lets say that Apache XXX project takes on a new committer who is a loose cannon. I have actually seen this happen already. I almost voted -1, but with that project doing their committer votes in public, i was not brave enough. I regretted that later. I had not seen any merit process and i did not have trust. (That is why Forrest PMC votes in private.) So in this hypothetical, that person now has access to Forrest SVN. They come here too and start making changes with no idea, nor care, about our desired direction. They just want to get the job done, their way. Yes, our PMC can always roll back changes and revoke access, but that causes community friction. Also with a small number of active people on our PMC, that oversight becomes difficult. Anyway, i just want to ensure that we all, especially our new PMC members, understand the implications. -David
