On 23 July 2011 22:50, Shane Curcuru <[email protected]> wrote: > If people find this work interesting, that's great. But in terms of rules > and procedures, sometimes it's fine to not over-document the rules until > there's a case where they're really needed.
+1000 (I'm referring to the general concept not any specific discussion about potential rules) I don't mean to say that the establishment of rules is a pointless exercise. However, for the majority of software developers rules are at best a diversion, at worst restrictive. In general the vast majority of situations you will come up against (or at least can imagine coming up against) will already have been experienced somewhere in the ASF at some point. When trying to figure out how to handle a given situation there will be someone who can help guide the decision making. Remember an ASF project is about consensus, not about rules and regulations. It's about the community deciding what is best for the community as a whole at that point in time. There is no shortage of people to help you build consensus by providing options. Even when you graduate you will be able to call on the experience of everyone here and everyone in the ASF as a whole. Ross
