Committers + EvenR

[Regina Obe]

Yah I hate discussions about semantics, we devolve into "What qualities make this an orange?".
In the end does it really change the fact we want Even to be able to push/merge his own work.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Ramsey <pramsey at cleverelephant.ca>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2024 4:00 PM
> To: Regina Obe <lr at pcorp.us>
> Cc: Sandro Santilli <strk at kbt.io>; GEOS Development List <geos-
> devel at lists.osgeo.org>
> Subject: Re: Committers + EvenR
> 
> 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
> >
> >