On 24/11/09 19:19, Andrea Aime wrote: > If we do proper rotation we'll > end up being one of the two figures once every 5-10 months > depending on the release frequency. > If a PSC member cannot bear to donate the project maintenance > 2-4 days every 10 months he probably has no business > sitting in the PSC to start with. At least imho.
I am concerned that requiring PSC members to perform releases excludes non-developers and intermittent developers from PSC membership, even though they might have a major contribution to make to in the standards, usability, or documentation spaces. I am sure there are those whose contribution to the PSC I would value, but whom I would not like making a release. I think GSIP 43 as it stands does not require PSC members to volunteer, and I support this position. The PSC is about governance, not engineering work. Furthermore, there are competent (or at least willing) release engineers who might not be on the PSC who should not be excluded. Should we instead have a release roster, so the position rotates? This need not be formed from PSC members. A written roster would give advance warning to those expected to make a release, and give confidence to those that usually end up doing the donkey work that they will not have to do it *every* time. Such a roster would also expand the base of those with experience making a release. We could also have a testing roster. I am not sure about the roadmap. If there is a release roster, I volunteer to be on it, as long as it is not just me. :-) -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <[email protected]> Software Engineer, CSIRO Earth Science and Resource Engineering Australian Resources Research Centre 26 Dick Perry Ave, Kensington WA 6151, Australia ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Geoserver-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-devel
