[GRASS-PSC] Motion: Grant SVN write access for Ivan Shmakov

[Hamish]

Markus Neteler wrote:
> I would like to propose to grant SVN write access to Ivan Shmakov
> who got very active to suggest improvements for the core libraries of
> GRASS. You will have seen his contributions in the grass-dev mailing
> list.


Hi, 

Ivan seems like a decent fellow and I welcome his expertise. So "+1"
from me.


I would like to informally propose that in future we wait for a
contributer to be active on the -dev mailing list for some time
(perhaps 6 months?) before raising the question of granting SVN write
access. This gives the user a chance to develop a track record,
demonstrate an understanding of the codebase*, and get a feel for how
our little development team works. In addition it gives PSC voters a
chance to be confident in our votes rather than rubber stamping our
approval on a mostly unknown entity.

[*] I think we are in pretty good shape, but merely due to the age of
the codebase we seem to have a large number of undocumented "this is
done for historical reasons" spots to watch out for. Whereas the
initial reaction of a newcomer is to immediately try and fix something
that looks awkward, then get shot down by a long time devel. This bears
the potential for bad feelings and lost volunteers. The question is how
to mentor + promote an eager and competent helper to full developer
status while protecting the codebase from well meaning yet
unintentional damage?


Hamish





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