[General] Initial draft of committer policy

[Ted Leung]

On Feb 17, 2006, at 11:59 PM, Philippe Bossut wrote:

> Ted Leung wrote:
>> The use of the private list is to avoid discussing issues about  
>> people in the public forum, especially if it is decided that the  
>> person either will not be granted commit privileges or that they  
>> need more time to work in the project before being granted commit  
>> status.   Also, the usual pathway is that an existing committer  
>> proposes that a contributor be granted access as opposed to the  
>> contributor making that request.
> This looks identical to a co-optation system as used in various  
> scientific and literary groups and communities. Why not call it  
> that way then? IOW, what the downside of skipping the public voting  
> entirely since it's a formality?

There isn't necessarily a downside, except that it lets people know  
that someone is being considered for commit access and offers a  
window into the positive reasons for granting it.

Ted