+1 Cheers Anita --- Kevan Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
