Hi, Would it be appropriate for package maintainers to add (voluntarily) a special collaborator (like 'racket-dep-fixer') that can be used if there is a problem?
Other package maintainers might be more comfortable with the _pull request hack_ 'Whenever somebody sends you a pull request, give them commit access to your project.' - http://felixge.de/2013/03/11/the-pull-request-hack.html Happy holidays! Stephen On Sat, 19 Dec 2015 at 21:46, Matthias Felleisen <[email protected]> wrote: > > Neil, > > I appreciate your comments very much. From where I sit, I think these > “take overs” will be extremely rare but always to the benefit of the > community and with ample communication with the creator of the original > package. Nobody will take over anyone else’s package by force. > > What the community deserves, and what the Dunstable meeting has worked > out, is an announcement of when we invoke this rule on a package so that > everybody else — not only the previous owner and new maintainer — but > everyone knows what’s happening. > > — Matthias > > > > > > > > > > On Dec 19, 2015, at 3:03 PM, Neil Van Dyke <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > No comments on this particular package, but if the package system rules > are going to change in fundamental ways (imagine this were a programming > language), then those changes must be communicated to everyone. > > > > Also, maybe it's time to think ahead to what other package system rules > there will likely be a desire to change, and get all the rule changes over > with at once, so that we don't get into the habit of changing the rules on > people. > > > > When we're encouraging altruistic third-party contributions through the > package system, and presenting it as open and decentralized, then we have > to be aware of centralized, proprietary behavior that might erode trust and > discourage participation. One thing third parties have to go on, in > absence of formal business relationships and contracts, is the rules or > documentation of how these open-ish systems will work. > > > > Again, no comment on this particular package; just trying to help the > new package system find the mix of centralized and decentralized that it > seems to be looking for. > > > > Neil V. > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Racket Developers" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to [email protected]. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-dev/5675B7F9.3010509%40neilvandyke.org > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Racket Developers" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-dev/744FAF31-CCDF-4FF4-8288-03A2A89B1313%40ccs.neu.edu > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Racket Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-dev/CAGHj7-%2B%2BmWuhQPEx0_ejnRVhcEXLk3KyL6y%3DGnV1hmVLVJm%2BtQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
