Re: Subversion full/partial committer (was: Re: an experiment)

2010-08-20 Thread Daniel Shahaf
: Subversion full/partial committer (was: Re: an experiment) Hi Joe, Please read my messages again. I'm not suggesting anything of the sort. Craig On Aug 19, 2010, at 11:45 AM, Joe Schaefer wrote: Cmon Craig. Subversion is a 10-year old community. Making major changes in basic

Re: Subversion full/partial committer (was: Re: an experiment)

2010-08-19 Thread Ralph Goers
On Aug 18, 2010, at 5:19 PM, Greg Stein wrote: identifying the project with the ASF. Similarly on many occasions we have asked projects to pick a new name as part of the incubation process. We have made exceptions for well established brands (ServiceMix ActiveMQ were the first I

Re: Subversion full/partial committer (was: Re: an experiment)

2010-08-19 Thread Niclas Hedhman
On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 2:26 AM, Greg Stein gst...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 14:03, Craig L Russell craig.russ...@oracle.com wrote: I don't care what you call them in the project. I'm asking that you use Apache terminology when discussing things among the wider Apache

RE: Subversion full/partial committer (was: Re: an experiment)

2010-08-19 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Niclas Hedhman wrote: Greg Stein wrote: Craig L Russell wrote: I don't care what you call them in the project. I'm asking that you use Apache terminology when discussing things among the wider Apache community. The report is consumed by the svn community, too. They reviewed it and provided

Re: Subversion full/partial committer (was: Re: an experiment)

2010-08-19 Thread Greg Stein
On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 13:29, Noel J. Bergman n...@devtech.com wrote: ... No way would the Board (nor you) allow arbitrary terminology across projects even if it is parentheticals (whatever that means). As far as I'm concerned, the participants are Committers.  There is no need to

Re: Subversion full/partial committer (was: Re: an experiment)

2010-08-19 Thread Greg Stein
On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 10:03, Ralph Goers ralph.go...@dslextreme.com wrote: ... This seems really simple to me. If I move from Korea to the United States I'd better start learning to speak English if I want to interact with the population at large. If I just want to stay within my little

Re: Subversion full/partial committer (was: Re: an experiment)

2010-08-19 Thread Greg Stein
On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 10:06, Niclas Hedhman nic...@hedhman.org wrote: On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 2:26 AM, Greg Stein gst...@gmail.com wrote: ... The report is consumed by the svn community, too. They reviewed it and provided feedback. It uses terms from the svn community. ... No way would the

Re: Subversion full/partial committer (was: Re: an experiment)

2010-08-19 Thread Craig L Russell
On Aug 19, 2010, at 11:30 AM, Greg Stein wrote: As I said in my other post, by using *both* sets of terms in the report, the svn community also learns what the formal names are here at the ASF. They can see the translation. So yeah. I'm doing exactly what you're asking: educating the

Re: Subversion full/partial committer (was: Re: an experiment)

2010-08-19 Thread Joe Schaefer
- Original Message From: Craig L Russell craig.russ...@oracle.com To: general@incubator.apache.org Sent: Thu, August 19, 2010 2:38:48 PM Subject: Re: Subversion full/partial committer (was: Re: an experiment) On Aug 19, 2010, at 11:30 AM, Greg Stein wrote: As I said in my

RE: Subversion full/partial committer (was: Re: an experiment)

2010-08-19 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Greg Stein wrote: Actually, we don't use ACLs at all. We simply tell them only commit in your designated area. We haven't ever had a problem with that approach. Even better. :-) Relies on human respect. Even better: if the committer gets a +1 on a patch from somebody with full access,

RE: Subversion full/partial committer (was: Re: an experiment)

2010-08-19 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Joe Schaefer wrote: I'm perfectly comfortable letting the board provide feedback to Greg about its expectations for future Subversion reports, and see no need for anyone else to insert their opinions on the subject in any more than a limited and advisory basis. I'm still trying to figure out

Re: Subversion full/partial committer (was: Re: an experiment)

2010-08-19 Thread Greg Stein
On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 14:56, Noel J. Bergman n...@devtech.com wrote: Greg Stein wrote: Actually, we don't use ACLs at all. We simply tell them only commit in your designated area. We haven't ever had a problem with that approach. Even better.  :-)  Relies on human respect. Even better:

Re: Subversion full/partial committer (was: Re: an experiment)

2010-08-19 Thread Craig L Russell
Hi Joe, Please read my messages again. I'm not suggesting anything of the sort. Craig On Aug 19, 2010, at 11:45 AM, Joe Schaefer wrote: Cmon Craig. Subversion is a 10-year old community. Making major changes in basic terminology isn't something that happens in a day. Craig L Russell

RE: Subversion full/partial committer (was: Re: an experiment)

2010-08-19 Thread Noel J. Bergman
So it allows them to seamlessly earn wider karma via RTC? Correct. So, it promotes CTR by the more experienced hands, and RTC by the less experienced hands. That does not seem like a bad thing. --- Noel - To

Re: Subversion full/partial committer (was: Re: an experiment)

2010-08-19 Thread Daniel Shahaf
Craig L Russell wrote on Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 11:38:48 -0700: On Aug 19, 2010, at 11:30 AM, Greg Stein wrote: As I said in my other post, by using *both* sets of terms in the report, the svn community also learns what the formal names are here at the ASF. They can see the translation. So

Re: Subversion full/partial committer (was: Re: an experiment)

2010-08-19 Thread Greg Stein
On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 16:20, Noel J. Bergman n...@devtech.com wrote: So it allows them to seamlessly earn wider karma via RTC? Correct. So, it promotes CTR by the more experienced hands, and RTC by the less experienced hands.  That does not seem like a bad thing. Yup. And to clarify:

Re: Subversion full/partial committer (was: Re: an experiment)

2010-08-19 Thread Joe Schaefer
L Russell craig.russ...@oracle.com To: general@incubator.apache.org Sent: Thu, August 19, 2010 4:09:19 PM Subject: Re: Subversion full/partial committer (was: Re: an experiment) Hi Joe, Please read my messages again. I'm not suggesting anything of the sort. Craig On Aug 19, 2010

Re: Subversion full/partial committer (was: Re: an experiment)

2010-08-19 Thread Craig L Russell
? - Original Message From: Craig L Russell craig.russ...@oracle.com To: general@incubator.apache.org Sent: Thu, August 19, 2010 4:09:19 PM Subject: Re: Subversion full/partial committer (was: Re: an experiment) Hi Joe, Please read my messages again. I'm not suggesting anything

Re: Subversion full/partial committer (was: Re: an experiment)

2010-08-19 Thread Ralph Goers
On Aug 19, 2010, at 11:25 AM, Greg Stein wrote: ** Community Since our last report, in May, we have added two more committers. These are partial committers, meaning they are restricted to certain portions of the tree. The first, artagnon, is a GSoC student for Git(!) and is adding

Re: Subversion full/partial committer (was: Re: an experiment)

2010-08-19 Thread Tim Williams
On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 6:45 PM, Craig L Russell craig.russ...@oracle.com wrote: I wish we had completed this discussion while subversion was still in incubation, while the subversion community could learn the common Apache terminology and have no need for translation of the terms. Instead, a

Re: Subversion full/partial committer (was: Re: an experiment)

2010-08-19 Thread Greg Stein
PM Subject: Re: Subversion full/partial committer (was: Re: an experiment) Hi Joe, Please read my messages again. I'm not suggesting anything of the  sort. Craig On Aug 19, 2010, at 11:45 AM, Joe Schaefer  wrote: Cmon Craig.  Subversion is a 10-year old  community.  Making major changes

Re: Subversion full/partial committer (was: Re: an experiment)

2010-08-19 Thread Joe Schaefer
- Original Message From: Craig L Russell craig.russ...@oracle.com To: general@incubator.apache.org Sent: Thu, August 19, 2010 6:45:54 PM Subject: Re: Subversion full/partial committer (was: Re: an experiment) I wish we had completed this discussion while subversion was still

Re: Subversion full/partial committer (was: Re: an experiment)

2010-08-19 Thread Craig L Russell
On Aug 19, 2010, at 6:32 PM, Joe Schaefer wrote: Hm, sounds like sour grapes reappearing. Having the subversion community drop 10 years of common terminology and quickly adopt ours isn't what I consider part and parcel of incubation. I guess I have to say it again. I'm not suggesting

Re: Subversion full/partial committer (was: Re: an experiment)

2010-08-18 Thread Sanjiva Weerawarana
On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 11:13 PM, Daniel Shahaf d...@daniel.shahaf.namewrote: When I saw this month's board report for Subversion, I was taken aback that the board is expected to follow the terminology used by only one project. Really? The board, which has used the same terms for 10++

Re: Subversion full/partial committer (was: Re: an experiment)

2010-08-18 Thread Greg Stein
On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 18:02, Sanjiva Weerawarana sanj...@opensource.lk wrote: On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 11:13 PM, Daniel Shahaf d...@daniel.shahaf.namewrote: When I saw this month's board report for Subversion, I was taken aback that the board is expected to follow the terminology used by

Re: Subversion full/partial committer (was: Re: an experiment)

2010-08-18 Thread Jochen Wiedmann
On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 12:11 AM, Greg Stein gst...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 18:02, Sanjiva Weerawarana sanj...@opensource.lk wrote: On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 11:13 PM, Daniel Shahaf d...@daniel.shahaf.namewrote: When I saw this month's board report for Subversion, I was taken

Re: Subversion full/partial committer (was: Re: an experiment)

2010-08-17 Thread Craig L Russell
Hi Daniel, On Aug 17, 2010, at 10:43 AM, Daniel Shahaf wrote: Craig L Russell wrote on Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 09:42:18 -0700: One of the first things you learn in Apache is that there are (at least) three levels of involvement that community members can take: contributor, committer, PMC

Subversion full/partial committer (was: Re: an experiment)

2010-08-17 Thread Daniel Shahaf
Craig L Russell wrote on Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 09:42:18 -0700: One of the first things you learn in Apache is that there are (at least) three levels of involvement that community members can take: contributor, committer, PMC member. See how it works, roles, etc. etc. on the Apache site.

Re: Subversion full/partial committer (was: Re: an experiment)

2010-08-17 Thread Greg Stein
On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 14:03, Craig L Russell craig.russ...@oracle.com wrote: ... Craig L Russell wrote on Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 09:42:18 -0700: ... I don't care what you call them in the project. I'm asking that you use Apache terminology when discussing things among the wider Apache

Re: Subversion full/partial committer (was: Re: an experiment)

2010-08-17 Thread Daniel Shahaf
Greg Stein wrote on Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 14:26:24 -0400: On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 14:03, Craig L Russell craig.russ...@oracle.com wrote: I don't care what you call them in the project. I'm asking that you use Apache terminology when discussing things among the wider Apache community.

Re: Subversion full/partial committer (was: Re: an experiment)

2010-08-17 Thread Joe Schaefer
/partial committer (was: Re: an experiment) Greg Stein wrote on Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 14:26:24 -0400: On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 14:03, Craig L Russell craig.russ...@oracle.com wrote: I don't care what you call them in the project. I'm asking that you use Apache terminology when