Sander Striker <striker@apache.org> writes:
> Can we please just create a branch and let gat work on
> that. Development is a lot easier to follow when it takes place in
> the repos. Furthermore I think this is cool enough to attract other
> developers to help out.
Ben, Karl, and I had dinner with Glenn the other night, and I think we
all agree that a branch would be a Good Thing, but there are a couple
of reasons why we (at least, Glenn, Ben and I -- Karl had to jet
early) decided not to go this route up front:
1. We don't generally give commit access -- for any reason -- to
someone who has not, as Glenn says himself, "passed the litmus
test". Once we've seen some of his work, we can better
consider the branch option.
2. Glenn admitted that his initial runs at this work were not
being done in a way that minimized code churn on a per-patch
basis. In other words, and as you can see for yourself, his
first patch is a friggin' bomb-blast in the ol' FS construction
area! :-) Glenn could benefit from a lot of initial review of
his patch, as well as some suggestions on how to, in the
future, make his changes more incrementally.
Glenn, I don't *think* I'm speaking out of line with this -- if I am,
I'll accept public beratement as you see fit to so deliver.
The rest of you: I think Glenn has some good ideas about tackling what
is likely to be the biggest change to Subversion since self-hosting,
and I'd be thrilled if everyone who "gotz tha skeelz" could take the
time to review his work, understand and brainstorm about his master
plan, and then help him with the implementation.
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Received on Fri Nov 22 01:11:00 2002