Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote, On 7/12/2005 8:43 AM:
On Jul 11, 2005, at 10:56 PM, Alan D. Cabrera wrote:
All code donations go into
/geronimo/incubator/donationx/*
The contributors would get restricted committer access to their
project; granting committer access gives us better visibility how
well the person works in a community setting. They and, hopefully
Geronimo committers, would whip it into shape. The community would
provide guidance and, hopefully, vote it into Geronimo once its
ready and all the appropriate paper work was obtained.
The "probationary" committers would, hopefully, get voted into
Geronimo, regardless of their projects status. I have never heard
of a motivated developer not getting committer access.
I'd like to propose a slight modification. That we give them
committer access w/o a formal, restricted ACL, but a clear
understanding that there's a place where they are bring brought in to
work, and if they wish to participate elsewhere, they do so via
standard engagement of working with others, learning about the area,
proposing changes on dev@ etc, until they and others are comfortable,
etc.
Any change can be vetoed, and any change can be rolled back. I think
we should assume a level of trust, and if broken, commit priv can be
revoked.
Just consider for a little while. I believe that this won't be a
popular suggestion, but the risk is small, and the upside great, it
keeps things simple, and I believe leads to a more unified, richer
community. :)
I don't think that the extended privs would necessarily lead to "a more
unified, richer community" but would, instead, increase the burden on
those Geronimo committers charged with monitoring the contribution under
probation.
Regards,
Alan
