[Rock-dev] Draft of Github-based development process [IMPORTANT]

[Sylvain Joyeux]

Hi Jakob.

Does the updated document look better to you ?

Sylvain


On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 2:22 PM, Sylvain Joyeux <bir.sylvain at gmail.com>wrote:

> OK ... Maybe I got the confusion.
>
> I wrote it down as if it was how the team was going to be maintained,
> while in my mind it was the way to create the initial list. I've updated
> the page in this direction.
>
> However, I do stand against the idea of having a dedicated management
> team. We are way too small to have some kind of a steering comittee.
>
>
> On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 1:04 PM, Sylvain Joyeux <bir.sylvain at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> (Note: be careful, you reply only to me and not to the ML)
>>
>>  - I don't want to give the power to a few people to do this selection.
>> It will lead to bikeshed bitter arguments (why am I not included ? Why is Y
>> included I don't think he should ? It can get very personal very quickly).
>> Rock is not big enough to already start having an overseeing team. Let the
>> coding decide.
>>  - people that have committed a lot are the ones that know the codebase,
>> so that is IMO the best people as a starting point
>>  - this is an INITIAL list. Obviously, it will be updated over time. Now,
>> I would NOT add anybody in there that did not already contribute a
>> significant amount of code, simply because they are probably not familiar
>> with the codebase (and therefore is not suited to decide what to push or
>> not push there).
>>
>> Sylvain
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 12:37 PM, Jakob Schwendner <
>> jakob.schwendner at dfki.de> wrote:
>>
>>> >       Also, I don't agree with the last section. I would not want to
>>> rule who
>>> > has committed the most in the dicision on who gets the rights.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > I don't understand your last sentence ... Can you explain ?
>>>
>>> In the text you suggest using the numbers on who commited the most to
>>> give out commit rights.
>>> Quantity is not quality, and I would argue its  better to select these
>>> people. These decisions should come from a management team.
>>>
>>> Jakob
>>>
>>>
>>
>
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