OK I think a pretty clear proposal is taking shape -- I'll call a
vote.  We've kinda discussed it to death now...

Mike

On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 8:25 AM, Mark Miller <markrmil...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 4/26/10 8:23 AM, Robert Muir wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 8:15 AM, Mark Miller <markrmil...@gmail.com
>> <mailto:markrmil...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>    It's not that simple. If you want to commit a patch without having
>>    it reverted, you *do* have to do certain things - currently, you
>>    have to attempt back compat. Or don't commit. You guys seem to think
>>    its a free for all. Its obviously not. Their are general guidelines
>>    we all follow, formed by consensus. Committers are not just doing
>>    whatever they want.
>>
>>
>> And we should make it easier for people to contribute. Perhaps back
>> compat is a feature that isn't everyone's itch to scratch, you know,
>> just like any other feature. This would make it easier for people to
>> contribute/commit improvements to lucene (into the unstable only), and
>> perhaps there would be more committers and contributors after a while.
>>
>> Right now its a pretty high bar for someone to contribute an
>> improvement, and I think the back compat requirement is a big part of
>> that.
>> --
>> Robert Muir
>> rcm...@gmail.com <mailto:rcm...@gmail.com>
>
> That's why we are talking about a proposal that would change our back compat
> commitments.
>
> --
> - Mark
>
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