+1 to the suggested meaning of +1 votes
+1 to the suggestion of *all* committers voting
regards
Jan
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
