I have no problem with restricting who can make commits. It’s a no brainer. Why would anyone who isn’t either a packager (with demonstrated experience) or a developer (with peer reviewed acceptance) be allowed to commit?
Paul Loughman [email protected] > On Jan 13, 2017, at 6:00 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > Send kubuntu-devel mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-devel > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of kubuntu-devel digest..." > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Change in policy for Kubuntu Members (Valorie Zimmerman) > > From: Valorie Zimmerman <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Change in policy for Kubuntu Members > Date: January 12, 2017 at 5:06:33 PM CST > To: Kubuntu Developer Discussion <[email protected]> > Reply-To: Kubuntu Developer Discussion <[email protected]> > > > True that. On the other hand, we have a lot of powerful tools these > days, and a mistake can cause a lot of time and trouble to clean up. > In KDE, the permissions have always been wide-open for anybody with a > devel status too. And yet all but the smallest of commits are now > subject to review. > > I think that we are pretty liberal at handing out ninja status still. > > Valorie > > On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 1:00 AM, Harald Sitter <[email protected]> wrote: >> Members having access to all venues of contribution was not a result >> of legacy, it was a conscious decision made at the time we introduced >> source code version control. We found that we trust all members to act >> in the best interest of the project and work towards the same goal. >> >> It is truly a sad day that members of Kubuntu cannot be trusted >> anymore. I always looked with fondness at the fact that membership >> actually meant something more than been-around-long-enough. >> >> :( >> >> On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 12:16 AM, Valorie Zimmerman >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> In the early days of Kubuntu, all the Kubuntu Members were packagers >>> and developers. Since the community has grown, we now have some >>> Kubuntu Members who are not packagers, developers or coders. Yet one >>> of the privileges of Kubuntu Membership has long been the right to >>> commit changes to our packaging and packages. >>> >>> The Kubuntu Council, after extensive discussion which you can read in >>> the archives of our list on our Launchpad page [1], has updated our >>> Kubuntu Policies [2] and Launchpad. >>> >>> Since packagers and developers are already members of the teams which >>> have the permissions to commit, change or upload as needed, this >>> should have no effect on Kubuntu Members, but it will improve the >>> security of our code and packages on LP. >>> >>> Valorie, for the Kubuntu Council >>> >>> 1. https://launchpad.net/~kubuntu-council >>> 2. https://community.kde.org/Kubuntu/Policies >>> >>> -- >>> http://about.me/valoriez >>> >>> -- >>> kubuntu-devel mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-devel >> >> -- >> kubuntu-devel mailing list >> [email protected] >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-devel > > > > -- > http://about.me/valoriez > > > > > -- > kubuntu-devel mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-devel
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