On 3/21/06, James F Marino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

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3. I would like to see a process where contributions first go into a
> sandbox and are worked on for some time prior to being put in
> extensions. It would be good to have a discussion (not a vote) before
> that move is made ( i.e. to extensions). I think this is reasonably
> "lightweight" and offers a way to get people to contribute with no bar
> (the sandbox).


I'm -1 on this, at least while its so vague.  Exactly how long must things
be in the sandbox and specifically what must be achieved before it can be
promoted?

I don't think this is workable right now as the code, APIs and SPIs are so
volatile, just a few days can be enough for something that isn't part of the
build to get broken in several places. Synapse had a similar discussion to
this in its early stages and the outcome was for new contributions to go in
HEAD, which I think is sensible. If you feel someones contributed something
new and then loses interest and doesn't develop it and it becomes a burden
to maintain then you can vote to get the code removed.

   ...ant

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