On 3/19/06, Geir Magnusson Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > robert burrell donkin wrote: > > On 3/19/06, Geir Magnusson Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> What we'll probably do is run it like we're running Harmony. The list > >> of committers on the proposal are the people we expect to show up, but > >> we won't be creating accounts by default - we'll need to have each > >> person say "yes, I'm ready and will be contributing immediately" before > >> making the account for them. > > > > this seems a useful tradition: is it too early to codified this into policy? > > I think so. One problem is that it places special status on some people > that others don't have, once you get rolling. > > So n months into the project, if one of the listed people pops up and > gets working, fast-tracking commit might make others that have been > working in the project (and don't have commit) unhappy. > > Maybe the solution is a well-codified policy with some time limit, so > that it doesn't seem arbitrary and capricious.
alternatively having to learn not to appear arbitrary and capricious might be a good exercise for a ppmc... - robert --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
