I agree with Scoot and so with you, David
Jacques
From: "David E Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On Aug 15, 2008, at 2:20 PM, Adam Heath wrote:
Scott Gray wrote:
Forwarding since Si doesn't subscribe to the dev list
Er, he has commit access, but doesn't subscribe? Should this be
disallowed?
There are definitely people that have a problem with this, and it is a
weird situation. It is true that all committers should follow the dev
list and watch for things for them, as well as for things that relate
to things they have worked on. They should also monitor the commits
list to monitor all changes to areas of the project they are familiar
with.
Unfortunately Si seems to have chosen not to do this, and not to stay
involved in this way with OFBiz. It's also unfortunate that he doesn't
discuss his changes a whole lot, and issues do tend to come up with
them that are often not resolved or not adequately resolved. In other
words, he usually uses his commit privileges to get things into the
project quickly for his convenience and isn't really participating in
the community.
While unfortunate, what to do about it is another question. Should the
PMC really vote to remove his commit privileges? My guess is no, that
wouldn't be a good action or conducive to community building.
So instead we keep a close eye on his commits, knowing that dues to
his infrequent community interactions and commits that he may have a
harder time with things that he puts in. Along with this, as Scott
mentioned, he does contribute valuable things here and there and that
is great for the project. There are other people in this boat to, and
really all committers should review the work of other committers for
the sake of the project.
Anyway, it's something on the back-burner and not something that there
seems to be something to do about right away, and whether there is
anything the PMC could do to improve the situation or not is still a
big question.
-David
