On Aug 15, 2006, at 5:23 PM, Noel J. Bergman wrote:
Yoav Shapira wrote:Noel J. Bergman wrote:I would put forth a strawman that the "Editor" role is at least somewhat analogous to the "Release Manager" for code.there's a big difference: a release manager does not modify other people's work (e.g. the code), only packages it.The Release Manager would also be a Committer, and can therefore modify THE work. Not "other people's" work. All work is OUR work, and all changesapproved by US. Collectively, not individually.
This is very similar to the Editor's work. A [spec] editor is the vehicle through which the will of the author (the community) is expressed. If the author (contributor) is a tad unclear, the editor will make "editorial changes" but does not actually create anything except clarity. Of course, the person acting in the role as editor might also have a role as contributor, but the roles are actually separate.
Craig
An editor does modify the work: an editor would need to commit his or her modifications to the repository prior to calling a vote or releasing a deliverable.Only the PMC releases, not an Editor/Release Manager. The lattter collects,collates, modifies, redacts, edits, ... --- Noel --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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