Release and Commit Policies

[Dr Andrew John Hughes]

On 20:05 Thu 12 May     , Jiri Vanek wrote:
> On 05/12/2011 02:42 PM, Dr Andrew John Hughes wrote:
> > On 12:59 Thu 12 May     , Andrew Haley wrote:
> >> On 05/12/2011 02:50 AM, Dr Andrew John Hughes wrote:
> >>> http://icedtea.classpath.org/wiki/ReleasePolicy
> >>> http://icedtea.classpath.org/wiki/CommitPolicy
> >>>
> >>> These are largely explicit documentation of our current processes,
> >>> but comments are welcomed.
> >>>
> >>> As specified on the wiki, don't make changes to these documents
> >>> without first discussing it either or on the Discussion page.
> >>
> >> No, this isn't right.  We can't have one developer on his own writing
> >> documents like these.  Please rename them to "Proposed xx policy" and
> >> then we can have a discussion, as a community, about what a reasonable
> >> set of policies might be.
> >>
> >
> > Frankly, I find this offensive.  I spend time and effort in trying to
> > document our *existing* policies (something no-one else has bothered to do)
> 
> Someone can wonder where those existing ones come from;)
> 

They've evolved over time (this project will shortly celebrate its 4th birthday),
as we've seen what works and what doesn't.

IMHO, we currently have a good balance.
-- 
Andrew :)

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