Hi Chris,
It seems like we don't have any capacity in this regard right now. I'll
shorten the
question -- other than Robert, who does have SVN commit access?
Well, I think you've been with us for a while now, so you must have some
idea about this. It seems to me that whenever commit rights are given to
others, it's been for specialist duties. For example:
- Maintenance of update branches (for example maintenance of the 2.6.x
branch after 2.6.0 was done by Robert)
- Development and maintenance of specific branches and parts of OSG (for
example, the osgAnimation branch, the XCode projects, etc.)
But no one has had commit access to the SVN repo as a whole except
Robert. On one hand I can understand a certain desire to keep the core
under control, but I think a good part of commits (maybe upwards of 80%)
could be done by other people, since they're either easily verifiable
bug fixes or changes to non-critical parts of OSG (i.e. anything other
than the rendering backend).
I'm wondering if Robert's request for outside assistance here is the time for
some of
the community to step up to the plate and contribute more effort to the
administration of
the project's source.
I agree that, on one hand, people could volunteer, but historically
Robert has been reluctant to give commit rights, preferring to review
submissions himself. Instead, he told them to focus on other things like
improving documentation, the wiki, answering more questions on the
mailing list, etc. So it's understandable that if, in the past, people
volunteered only to be told that it wouldn't happen, they're reluctant
to volunteer now.
I don't want to speak for him of course, just replying from what I
remember since he hasn't done so himself yet.
I would gladly volunteer but I have little time to devote to the task. I
wouldn't want to say I'll help with submissions only to hold them up
myself... Perhaps in the future I'll be able to, but right now I can't.
Anyways, I agree with your point that the management of submissions
needs to be decentralized. The "bus factor" on OSG (at least on commits
to SVN) is too low...
J-S
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