+1
On Jun 3, 2006, at 8:14 AM, Kevan Miller wrote:
I'd like to request a change to the RTC process being used by
Geronimo (or at least I'm requesting a relaxation of Ken's
interpretation of the RTC process).
In Ken's announcement of the change to the commit model, he stated
that a +1 to an RTC request means "I have applied this patch and
tested it and found it good". Although a relaxation of this
interpretation has been suggested (or mentioned), to my knowledge
nothing has actually changed.
In some areas of Geronimo (e.g. devtools), this is a cumbersome and
difficult task for most committers. The fact that there are not
more committers interested in these areas of Geronimo is an
acknowledged issue. However, it's unlikely that current Geronimo
committers want to be intimately familiar with some of these
Geronimo components -- we've all had our chance to get involved, so
far, but have chosen not to.
That's a specific problem with the current process. However, I
think there's a general problem with this interpretation for all
areas of Geronimo. IMO, this interpretation is not really helping
to address the fundamental problems/concerns which have prompted
the move to RTC. IMO, these concerns are that 1) some enhancements
are not being properly communicated with the Geronimo community, 2)
too many discussions/debates are occurring on private channels, and
3) some people are being intimidated to remain silent on some
public discussions.
I'd like to see some specific RTC guidelines created for Geronimo.
I'm sure other projects must have already crafted similar
guidelines. So, I'd like to take a look at those, before spending
too much time on creating guidelines from scratch (I'd also like to
shove 1.1. out the door...)
In the meantime, I propose the following interpretation of a +1
vote to an RTC request:
"I have reviewed (and possibly tested) this patch and found it
good. I understand the capability which the patch is adding and
support the direction in which it is taking the Geronimo project"
Comments and suggestions are, of course, welcome...
--kevan
-sachin
