[mapserver-dev] Motion: managing UMN MapServer handbook files(german language) in the mapserver-svn

[Stephen Woodbridge]

Steve,

I'm +1 for the additional doc support, but I think we (aka you or 
someone that can) should create the additional "mapserver-docs" 
committer list first so we keep things appropriately partitioned.

-Steve W

Frank Warmerdam wrote:
> Steve Lime wrote:
>> I wish we could segment out write access for documentation/website from
>> source code. I don't
>> think that's possible though. At any rate, we have a bit of processes
>> to work through:
> 
> Steve,
> 
> As it happens we do have the capability of creating a distinct
> commiter list and assigning it permissions for only a section of the
> repository.  The mechanism is described under "Authz Rules" in:
> 
>   http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Subversion
> 
> I would be supportive of an auxiliary "mapserver-docs" committer list
> which some designated person(s) (perhaps Howard, Jeff and Steve) are 
> allowed
> to add people to as they wish.  The only thing I would ask is that we 
> stick to
> the same rule as we have for regular commiters with regard to their 
> declaring
> they will adhere to the guidelines on contributions (copyright, license, 
> etc).
> 
> But I think it is desirable to reduce the barrier for documentation
> contributors, and to skip the voting aspect.
> 
> If Jeff and Howard are ammendable to this approach, I'd suggest a small RFC
> be written on how to handle documentation contributors.
> 
> Best regards,