On 03.12.2007, at 23:35, Olga Natkovich wrote:
The reason we want to make a branch is because the changes to be made
for the project are going to take the whole system apart. While a
person
or a group of people working on this project, they can commit it to
the
branch as they see fit. Once they are ready to commit the changes,
then
we can treat this branch as a big patch and take it through the same
process as we do with patches. So the people working on the branch may
or may not be committers.
There are a couple of ways dealing with this.
a) Have a committer create a feature branch and then have the
individuals provide patches that a committer will review and apply.
If there are enough substantial patches there is enough evidence to
invite him to become a committer. He then can happily continue on the
branch ...or whereever.
b) Have that person/group use git/git-svn and then provide the "big
patch" you are talking about.
I would be in favor of a) as that will properly show better the
individual contributions. But bottom line is: committing is for
committers only.
cheers
--
Torsten
