[Incubator] gdal status

[Paul Spencer]

Frank

On 19-Jul-06, at 9:34 PM, Frank Warmerdam wrote:

>
>>> Code Commiters Agreement:
>>>
>>> not applicable.
>
> I will add that I hope to pass a GDAL RFC addressing details of code
> committers responsibilities before requesting to graduate.  While I  
> didn't
> raise the issue with regard to Mapbender, I do think having fairly  
> clear
> responsibilities for code committers is important as they are  
> essentially
> being asked to be the ongoing gatekeeper for new code contributions.
>
> This isn't necessarily something that needs to be signed, but I'm  
> planning
> to go back to all GDAL code committers seeking an acceptance via email
> or else to drop them from the commit list.  MapServer already has  
> such an
> RFC though I think it is "light" on the legal issues aspect.

Should we update the official documentation to reflect a requirement  
to have either a code commiters agreement OR documentation of  
responsibilities?  I think that requiring one or the other would be  
good practice.

Cheers

Paul

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