[rules-dev] Github commit rights cleanup

Wolfgang Laun wolfgang.laun at gmail.com
Thu Feb 14 08:51:54 EST 2013


If the proposed "remove" wouldn't let me do quick fixes like today's -
as you proposed - then you might want to let me keep this right, at
your discretion ;-)

-W

On 14/02/2013, Geoffrey De Smet <ge0ffrey.spam at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> Stemming from the SVN era, a lot of community contributers still have
> full commit rights on the blessed repositories.
> Because GitHub offers the "pull request" paradigm,
> the lack of commit rights are far less intrusive than in SVN.
>
> Many community contributors seem to prefer contributing changes through
> pull request paradigm,
> as it forces a core developer to sign off on the changes.
> Having direct commit rights can even be counter-intuitive:
> for example, if you edit a file directly on github, it doesn't create a
> pull request, but applies the changes directly.
> Commits from contributors that come in via pull requests are still
> attributed to the original author
> and count towards the original author's stats, so there are no
> additional disadvantages.
>
> Following that logic, I propose to *remove the commit rights on blessed
> for these contributors* in 72 hours:
> Please note that we appreciate past and future commits. Please keep the
> contributions coming! :)
>
> bauna
> bbrodt
> dennyxu
> dgutierr
> diega
> jcoleman0redhat0com
> jrenaat
> jsvitak
> JuanmaGonzalez
> KurtStam
> laune
> lazarotti
> leogomes
> lucazamador
> michaelneale
> michiBK
> mswiderski
> nheron
> nickboldt
> nmirasch
> pefernan
> RickJWagner
> ryanzhang
> saifulomar
> tkobayas
> trefor
> wmedvede
> yurloc
>
> If you're on this list and want to keep your commits rights on blessed,
> just reply to this mail and I 'll take you off the list. No long
> argumentation needed :)
>
> *Keep commits rights on the blessed repositories*
>
> etirelli
> ge0ffrey
> jervisliu
> krisv
> manstis
> mariofusco
> mdproctor
> mrietveld
> porcelli
> pzapata
> Rikkola
> Salaboy
> sotty
> tsurdilo
>
> *Might keep commits right on the blessed repositories*
> I 'll ask these people what they prefer and do that.
>
> esteban-aliverti
> triceo
> zenix
>
>


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