On Apr 30, 2010, at 12:02 PM, David Greaves wrote:
> Jeremiah Foster wrote:
>> On Apr 30, 2010, at 11:31 AM, David Greaves wrote:
>>
>>> David Greaves wrote:
>>>> Jeremiah Foster wrote:
>>>>> On Apr 30, 2010, at 9:59 AM, David Greaves wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> MeeGo core OBS will not be open to "any user"; invitation only based on
>>>>>> merit.
>>>>> Please define 'merit' in clear, explicit terms in a public forum so that
>>>>> community members might understand what you mean.
>>>> Google "Debian Developer" and s/Debian Developer/MeeGo Maintainer/g
>>
>> Are you saying officially that MeeGo development access to MeeGo build
>> tools, repos and infrastructure will be done in the same manner as the
>> Debian policy describes for Debian? (I know the Debian policy well and I'll
>> be happy to point out where the MeeGo policy differs.)
>
> No. I see no written policy - merely comments scattered across blog posts, irc
> and email. Not a sustainable situation IMHO.
>
> Would you care to draft a MeeGo policy based on the Debian one and I'll gladly
> work with you to change it to fit the needs of the MeeGo community based on
> feedback from the community and the TSG. We can then get that proposed and
> accepted.
>
> Frankly I think one of the biggest losses to MeeGo from the rpm/deb decision
> wasn't anything to do with deb. It was the clarity of the policy documentation
> (and the tools that helped enforce it) - and that's something we can work on.
This seems like a positive solution. I think have a web of trust in MeeGo
perhaps based on previously contributed code, bug fixes, documentation, etc. in
conjunction with a shared ssh key is a good basis to build that web of trust. A
clear policy on how one contributes and maybe even a social contract ala
Ubuntu's social contract. This should give developers a clear path towards
participation.
I'll start on the wiki with the policy outline and seek comment on the lists
and the forum.
Jeremiah
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