On 11/11/2011 05:31 PM, David Nalley wrote: > On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 12:08 PM, Mark McLoughlin <markmc@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hey, >> >> Everyone on the To: list has commit permissions on some of the OpenStack >> packages. It's quite a big list! :-) >> >> As more people get involved with packaging OpenStack in Fedora/EPEL, I >> think we need to figure out how to co-ordinate ourselves better. I had >> hoped we could use the cloud SIG mailing list for this but, in practice, >> I think folks are reluctant to spam everyone on the list with the nitty >> gritty details of what they're working on. >> >> I'm always reluctant to start another mailing list, but I think it might >> be warranted here. What say you to openstack@xxxxxxxxxxxx or even >> openstack-maint@xxxxxxxxxxxx? Maybe #fedora-openstack on Freenode too? > > I don't think we have yet hit the traffic level that justifies > segmenting. Since September 1st there have only been 8 openstack > threads on the cloud list. I also think there is a tremendous benefit > in the wider visibility that the cloud sig list brings. If folks won't > 'spam' the cloud list, I find it unlikely they'd spam the openstack > list. Similar thoughts re the irc channel. > > >> >> On a related note, I've been quick to approve requests for commit >> permissions on these packages in order to encourage folks to get >> involved. However, quite a few folks have ever used these permissions so >> I'm starting to think we should get require folks to have an actual >> contribution ready to commit before approving these requests. >> > > Provided they are a packager already, I don't see much of a downside > for liberally granting access. It's true that when everyone is > responsible that no one is, but better to be too permissive than too > restrictive. > > > --David I'm with David on both points. cheers, Pádraig. _______________________________________________ cloud mailing list cloud@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/cloud
