Nicola Ken Barozzi wrote:

>From: "Leo Simons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>>On Wed, 2002-05-29 at 14:04, Andrew C. Oliver wrote:
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>>> I don't think
>>>there is anything to forbid a community from temporarily granting CVS
>>>access.
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>>;)
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>>Well, I think our guidelines forbid us. You cannot give someone CVS
>>access without giving them all the committer rights and responsibilities
>>as well. That's the point of the discussion, innit?
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>Yes, it is.
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>I regard CVS as the heart of our system.
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to me the point that Pier was trying to get accross that I agreed with 
is that there is sometimes work that happens
outside of CVS worthy of committership (and/or that should require 
committership) irrelevant of CVS access.

>Would you make a well known surgeon operate your heart without knowing him
>first, and being sure he can assist you afterwards?
>If you do, usually it's for emergencies... like wanting some 20MB patch to
>be in CVS and not having time to do it.
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>Personally, I would prefer not have the patch at all, if it means giving
>access to the CVS to someone you don't trust.
>And if you trust him, there is no time limit.
>Nothing prevents him from asking his account to be deleted anyway.
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Agreed.

>If you invite someone in the boat with you, it's because you think that
>he'll be part of the group, and share roles and responsibilities; I don't
>think we need technical "repairmen" here.
>I may be wrong, but for me it's a matter of trust, personal trust.
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Agreed.

>I have been contributing stuff to Cocoon since version 1.7, but never
>proposed as a comitter.
>Why?
>Because I wasn't ready for OS collaboration, and they didn't trust me.
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>This made me stronger, and I learned a lot.
>Now you made me come in Avalon just on my word and good proposition, and
>this is something I will never forget. It has a very strong meaning for me.
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>I would like that others have these possibilities, that have made me learn a
>lot.
>I'm afraid that having "technitians" would break up this system.
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Well spoken!

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>Nicola Ken Barozzi                   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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