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Re: [SM-Grimoire] Re: PERFORCE change 17914 for review
- From: Dufflebunk <dufflebunk AT dufflebunk.homeip.net>
- To: "\"Jimmy" Yen(顏孝杰)" <jimmy AT yen.tp>
- Cc: Grimoire <sm-grimoire AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [SM-Grimoire] Re: PERFORCE change 17914 for review
- Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2003 00:17:23 -0000
You can rest easy, there will be anonymous CVS access. Hopefully we will
have that nice web interface to the CVS repository back too :)
Oh, and BTW, there's nothing wrong with random contributions. You
eventually will give in and join the collective ;) And any help is
appreciated.
On Mon, 2003-09-08 at 14:15, "Jimmy Yen(顏孝杰)" wrote:
> Hamish Greig wrote:
>
> >[...]
> >Any way the gist of my reply was
> >the results speak for themselves
> >have a poll if you want, i want closure on this.
> >Hamish
> >
> >
> I'm sorry but I still got something to say. I think you have missed my
> point (or I didn't make it clear enough, anyway.) It's not the minor
> version differences that I care about now. I actually liked your
> proposal of simplifying the release process, and I'm glad that it has a
> good result, but the idea of limiting access to devel (read: WIP)
> grimoire for existing developers really bugs me.
>
> I firmly believe that it really wouldn't hurt to make the development
> process more open to the public, provided that there's a clear warning
> that what's WIP - and there surely is! I myself have seen the warning
> lots of times, the first of which can be traced back to more than half a
> year before (don't remember when, but IIRC it was by Eric Sandall,
> mentioning "playground" etc.) but I was still using devel, just because
> I wanted to see other people's up-to-date work (and participate
> occasionally when I have time, though it wasn't frequent at all.) I
> considered joining the team several times but didn't think I had enough
> time and will, so I choosed to stay as a normal user and only do some
> random contributions.
>
> I don't think I'm the only one around who would like to contribute but
> are not yet ready to join. Limiting access to devel grimoire for
> existing developers can really deter the would-be developers from
> joining in. Also, when I was checking out a new distro I was often more
> interested in what they are up to than what they already have, so it may
> also reduce potential users who were just randomly browsing.
>
> With the coming of the CVS server this issue should be resolved -
> provided that there's anonymous access. I'm not just speaking for
> myself. I'll join when I'm fed up, but that's because I don't see any
> alternative. Our other cousins are both looking so dead; I don't want to
> see the distro die.
>
> Jimmy Yen
>
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[SM-Grimoire] Re: PERFORCE change 17914 for review,
Ladislav Hagara, 09/08/2003
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Re: [SM-Grimoire] Re: PERFORCE change 17914 for review,
Eric Sandall, 09/08/2003
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Re: [SM-Grimoire] Re: PERFORCE change 17914 for review,
Hamish Greig, 09/08/2003
- Re: [SM-Grimoire] Re: PERFORCE change 17914 for review, Ladislav Hagara, 09/08/2003
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Re: [SM-Grimoire] Re: PERFORCE change 17914 for review,
, 09/08/2003
- Re: [SM-Grimoire] Re: PERFORCE change 17914 for review, Dufflebunk, 09/08/2003
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Re: [SM-Grimoire] Re: PERFORCE change 17914 for review,
Hamish Greig, 09/08/2003
- Re: [SM-Grimoire] Re: PERFORCE change 17914 for review, Dufflebunk, 09/08/2003
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Re: [SM-Grimoire] Re: PERFORCE change 17914 for review,
Hamish Greig, 09/08/2003
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Re: [SM-Grimoire] Re: PERFORCE change 17914 for review,
Eric Sandall, 09/08/2003
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