On Saturday, January 22, 2011, John Hunter <jdh2...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 1:27 PM, Eric Firing <efir...@hawaii.edu> wrote: >> I would like to be included in the group with git write access, unless >> there is a clear decision to restrict this group to a very small core of >> gatekeepers. > > I can add you -- any developer who currently has mpl commit privs, > send me your github account name and I'll add you to the mpl > organization. Although a gatekeeper model may have its merits. and > you'd be a gatekeeper under any scenario, I prefer to keep our current > developer model of a large number of trusted committers rather than a > few gatekeepers. > > I'd be willing to reconsider this model in the face of persuasive > argument *and* a few people willing to stand up and serve as patch > reviewers and gatekeepers, but until then, I think we have to rely on > good people making good contributions, in the presence of our unit > tests and host of people serving as crash test dummies by running off > HEAD.... > > JDH >
Somehow, I read that as "running with heads cut off"... It is late. Anyway, I am willing to give a switchover a shot, and to continue the current contrib model. Btw, if Friedrich hasn't been made a developer yet, he has my vote (if he wants it). Ben Root ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. Offer expires February 28th, so secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsight-sfd2d _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
