Re: Questions for all candidates: decentralization of power

2010-03-19 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 19/03/10 at 22:57 +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 10:36:53PM +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 06:44:23PM +, Clint Adams wrote: > > > Is there any legitimate reason that wanna-build access should be > > > restricted to any group smaller than th

Re: Questions for all candidates: decentralization of power

2010-03-19 Thread Frans Pop
Wouter Verhelst wrote: >> 1) 114 people have commit access to webwml. Given that version >> control makes it easy to undo changes, minimizing risk and >> impact, are there any legitimate reasons why this repository >> should be restricted to a group any smaller than the whole of >> gid 800? > > N

Re: Questions for all candidates: decentralization of power

2010-03-19 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 10:36:53PM +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 06:44:23PM +, Clint Adams wrote: > > Is there any legitimate reason that wanna-build access should be > > restricted to any group smaller than the entirety of gid 800 > > membership? > > There was. [...s

Re: Questions for all candidates: decentralization of power

2010-03-19 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 06:44:23PM +, Clint Adams wrote: > I had meant to send three sets of questions on Thursday morning, > but things kept coming up, so I will send an unfinished one now. > > 1) 114 people have commit access to webwml. Given that version > control makes it easy to undo cha

Re: Questions for all candidates: decentralization of power

2010-03-19 Thread Don Armstrong
On Fri, 19 Mar 2010, Clint Adams wrote: > 4) The tech-ctte has the power to appoint its own members. I do not > know why they should be allowed to self-manage when their judgment > on the issues raised to them has often been less-than-stellar. [...] If there are decisions which are less-than-stell

Questions for all candidates: decentralization of power

2010-03-19 Thread Clint Adams
I had meant to send three sets of questions on Thursday morning, but things kept coming up, so I will send an unfinished one now. 1) 114 people have commit access to webwml. Given that version control makes it easy to undo changes, minimizing risk and impact, are there any legitimate reasons why