From: "Eric S. Raymond" <esr@thyrsus.com>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Mailing list w/ gatekeeper(s)
Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 18:08:11 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080108230811.GK32746@thyrsus.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080108194252.49ED32C83E6@grelber.thyrsus.com>
From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
> Subject: Re: What a modern collaboration toolkit looks like
> To: Gregory Collins <greg@maptuit.com>
> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Message-ID: <E1JCJmu-0003ks-TE@fencepost.gnu.org>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15
>
> 3. Mailing list w/ gatekeeper(s)
> ---------------------------------
> This is how mercurial manages its own development. Proposed changes are
> sent in patch form to a mailing list, which is dedicated to the
> discussion and review of such patches. The central repository is
> read-only except for a small set of integrators. When a change has been
> reviewed + tested, an integration crew member pulls the patch from email
> into the central tree.
>
> This is the approach I'd suggest for emacs (and it's the one we
> instituted for the project I maintain at my workplace). The main
> advantages:
>
> I would be willing to try it, or a compromise between this and #1,
> which would mean a larger number of people who can commit directly
> to the main repository.
I agree with the "compromise between this and #1". That is what
I would recommend.
--
<a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond</a>
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