Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 12:32:17 -0800 (PST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> Cc: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, obrien@FreeBSD.org, Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Subject: Re: Core's function (was: The Project and onward [was: Re: cvs c Message-ID: <XFMail.010315123217.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <39683.984640673@critter>
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On 15-Mar-01 Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message <XFMail.010314154140.jhb@FreeBSD.org>, John Baldwin writes: > >>>> This is an important point. Part of what made SMPng work was that >>>> in cases where there was a dispute Jason was avaiable to make a >>>> final decision if the group as a whole couldn't come to a consensus. >>>> Granted, we didn't have to do this very often, but I think knowing >>>> that that option was there also forced us to be a little more >>>> willing to compromise, as well. >>> >>> But this is exactly analogous to core's current function. >> >>Err, exactly. -core delegated some of its authority so that when a conflict >>came up, the SMPng group didn't have to go harrass all of core to try and get >>it resolved. Committers have granted this authority to core as it were, it's >>now cores to delegate as it sees fit if it wishes to do so. > > Uhm, let me just clear a misconception here: It wasn't core as > much as "the usual gang" who appointed John, but it was *given the > appearance* of a core decision. s/John/Jason/ I can but the appearance bit as I was a bit hazy on that in my memory. > Rather than charting this up to a "core did it right", lets just > put it under "somebody did the right thing for core". Ok. Do you agree that core has the ability to do this type of thing in the future and that if core does it committers at large will accept it? -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.baldwin.cx/~john/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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