On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 1:34 AM, Greg Stein <gst...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 16:55, Benson Margulies <bimargul...@gmail.com> wrote: >>... >>> Personally I feel that GSoC students should earn commit access just >>> like anyone else. >> >> I have a lot of sympathy for Greg's position. Treating 'committer' as >> a single monolithic category drives people away. > > Right. It is necessary to distinguish between "commit access [to a > branch]" and "commit access [to trunk]". I fully concur that access to > trunk follows the same pattern as regular committers. GSoC students > have no elevated rights. > > However, I think providing a GSoC student with commit to a branch is > an easy decision, and that it should be the default policy. (for the > reasons listed in my previous note) > > [ next part strays from the GSoC discussion ] >>... >> should have to. I'd be happy to see the foundation endorse the idea >> that a PMC can choose to grant commit karma to branches, in a trial >> basis, to people who have submitted a suitable cla. That would not >> given them nexus karma, web-site-editing karma, or dogma karma. > > The Subversion PMC has an operating rule that basic states, "any > individual PMC member may grant commit access to a non-trunk area, to > a developer with an ICLA on file". There is a subjective level to > this: does it clearly make sense (say, a branch), or might it be a > little controversial (say, the directory for the 'svn' command-line > tool). For the latter, we encourage the Member to float the idea on > private@ first. But we don't have a strict written policy here; good > judgement is always a great replacement for more rules :-) > > I would very much encourage other PMCs to adopt similar policies. > Again, with version control, the phrase "damage control" almost > doesn't apply. > > Cheers, > -g >
I agree with Greg and the others in favour of keeping it easy to get write access, and i really like the Subversion PMC approach. I don't understand the mindset that commit access should be hard to get or something that must be worked hard to earn. Most project i watch don't find it that easy to attract new developers so when one does turn up i think its better to be open and welcoming and not be like "thanks but earn you place first" which is more likely to just discourage them. ...ant
