On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 10:22 AM, Bertrand Delacretaz
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> ...Would our PPMC members agree to give Janandith commit rights in
> http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/sling/whiteboard/ ?...

Opinions? Can I start a vote on this?
-Bertrand

>
> According to Jukka's explanation below, this means having a vote like
> for a committer, indicating the limitations (limited to that svn path
> and to the duration of GSoC), asking infra to create the account and
> updating the svn authorization file. At first I thought there was a
> magic way of making this happen without an actual ASF id, but that's
> not the case.
>
> The benefit is that Janandith's code goes directly into our SVN, and
> that would allow him to work exactly like a committer, only with
> limited rights.
>
> WDYT?
>
> -Bertrand
>
> On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 3:10 PM, Jukka Zitting <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 1:47 PM, Bertrand Delacretaz
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> I see the idea, and as the mentor I'd be ready to sponsor Janandith as
>>> a partial committer in a specific whiteboard area or our subversion
>>> repository (after he provides an ICLA, which should be on its way).
>>>
>>> I didn't really get how that's setup though, can you clarify, or let
>>> me know what's needed to make this happen? I'd call for a vote first,
>>> of course.
>>
>> Pretty much like adding a normal committer, the only differences would
>> be in restricting the scope of committership (no PPMC membership and
>> perhaps with time or access restrictions, like only for the summer
>> and/or just the whiteboard area). The commit vote should mention these
>> restrictions. Once voted, the account request to infra would be just
>> like any other committer account request. Once the account is ready,
>> the svn-authorization file would be updated according to the selected
>> access restrictions.
>>
>> BR,
>>
>> Jukka Zitting
>>
>



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