Committers + EvenR

Paul Ramsey pramsey at cleverelephant.ca
Wed Jul 17 13:00:05 PDT 2024


This all feels overdetermined :)
I have added Even to the appropriate group so he can push/merge and manage issues.
:) :) :) 
P

> On Jul 17, 2024, at 11:12 AM, Regina Obe <lr at pcorp.us> wrote:
> 
>> On Wed, Jul 17, 2024 at 01:25:23AM -0400, Regina Obe wrote:
>>>>> It would be about time to stop calling that role "committer", btw,
>>>>> as with `git` everyone has commit rights, we should find some
>>>>> other word (same problem with most other projects).
>>>> 
>>>> Indeed.  Obviously we should call it "pusher".
>>> 
>>> How about core team? Pusher sounds so druggy.
>> 
>> What makes having write access to the repository any different from being
> a
>> "maintainer" ? Roles would then be:
>> 
>>  1. PSC
>>  2. Co-Maintainer
>>  3. Contributor (contributed commits, pushed by others)
>> 
>> --strk;
>> 
>>  Libre GIS consultant/developer
>>  https://strk.kbt.io/services.html
> A matter of semantics I guess.  In my mind Co-Maintainer defines a higher
> level of commitment than
> Core Contributor.
> 
> So I would have:
> 
> 1. PSC - May or may not have direct rights to push changes to the repo, but
> manages the direction of the project
> 2. Co-Maintainer - is generally one on the PSC who manages the release
> cycle, triages tickets, takes patches from other users etc
> 3. Core contributor/developer - has rights to push changes to the repo, but
> may only be interested in what they are interested in and could care less
> about triaging anything but their stuff. But we trust enough to do no harm.
> 3. Contributor (contributed commits, pushed by others)
> 
> In my mind - Even R is a Core Contributor, but not a Co-Maintainer.
> I would actually only consider Paul, Dan, and Martin as Co-Maintainers
> 
> Thanks,
> Regina
> 
> 



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