[mapguide-internals] Commit rights for UV

[Tom Fukushima]

If this makes things any clearer: I don't know of any secret discussions about making UV a committer.

For other things that should make things clearer, we typically try to follow the Producing Open Source Software book; and for this particular subject this section has some good information: http://producingoss.com/en/committers.html#choosing-committers.


BTW there is some process information for RFCs on this page: http://mapguide.osgeo.org/psc.html. I think though that this page is hard to find, and we should put the process information on the developer page.


-----Original Message-----
From: mapguide-internals-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:mapguide-internals-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of UV
Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2009 8:28 PM
To: MapGuide Internals Mail List
Subject: Re: [mapguide-internals] Commit rights for UV

Currently, the process is only poorly defined and does not state very 
clear rules in particular in regards of timing.

Can someone jump in (from the PSC i guess) review my code and provide me 
some feedback, I've been working on this for a while now and I would 
like to know how close I am to getting commit rights? 
The several patches requirement is a little loose, as for RFC60 there is 
one big patch, which could be seen as a equivalent to several smaller 
patches? And there are other contributions regarding other issues which 
show further insight into the server code.


Zac Spitzer wrote:
> Just been reading the PSC notes, sorry I couldn't make the session,
> waaayy to late down under..
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> I am rather worried about the trend that UV after posting a RFC
> and then actually implementing it, plus his work on the build stuff
> plus numerous other small issues he delved into and has found
> solutions for, still isn't being considered for commit rights as
> per the notes from the PSC...
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> How high is the barrier for entry? Where are the PSC members
> actively supporting new developers and guiding them into moving
> forward to commit status.
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> This seems to of happened with both Helio and UV, both have stepped
> up, dived deep into the code base but are still 'locked out'
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> I think the PSC needs to be way more active in this regard if MapGuide is
> going to succeed as an open source project.
>
> Initially with UV, the feedback from the Autodesk team was that they
> where reluctant to guide new developers until they proved their commitment.
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> There is a certain level of irony in the PSC notes, where on one hand it
> has been said that UV is not ready for commit rights, but at the same time, he
> has done the work on working out failed tiled stuff which was no minor effort
> in itself and the PSC then suggesting that he should write a RFC for it..
>
> That seems rather contradictory.
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> Moving forward, can I ask for someone in the PSC take a direct involvement
> in regards to commit rights for UV?
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