Fedora Extras CVS: how to get a login?

[Michael Tiemann]

On Thu, 2004-12-16 at 10:43, Jeremy Katz wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-12-16 at 16:03 +0100, Dries Verachtert wrote:
> > I would like to know how we could get a login for this CVS repository? Is 
> > there also maybe a mailinglist with the commit logs or is it possible to add 
> > this? Is there a document with policies for committers?
> 
> Disclaimer: This is not an official statement.  It's based on my current
> understanding of things.  I don't have on an official Red Hat hat and
> instead am wearing my community member fedora :)

Let me jump in with a slightly more authoritative statement...

> At this point, the exact policies around how to get a (non-anonymous)
> login for Extras CVS haven't fully formed.  It's basically going to end
> up being a lot like the policies for a lot of other repositories (think
> cvs.gnome.org, etc).  Basically, you start doing some work, gain some
> degree of trust and then get an account.  Which will probably basically
> be "show some body of work (fixes, new packages, etc) via
> mail/bugzilla/something" and then an account gets added.

This stuff is forming actively, right now.  For those of you who
remember my strawman postings this summer
(https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2004-July/msg01325.html)...well the internal blockages have been cleared.  gdk and I have it solidly on our plate to form these policies by actively building consensus and documenting that consensus right now.  Our goal will be that there will be an official Fedora document that tells you just what you need to do, and people you can go to, who are accountable to you and to the project, to let you in or keep you out based on objective tests.

> Policy-wise, that'll come at the same time as we start doing the first.
> But it'll probably end up being something mostly along the lines of be
> smart, make good packages and there won't be huge problems.

Right.  And if you think you have a particular contribution to make
regarding policy, governance, or the nomination of a person to a role
you think is vital, please make sure you send that to gdk and myself. 
I'm hoping to have a draft governance document (with roles populated) by
this time next week, for discussion.

> I expect that all of this will start coalescing a lot better over
> Christmas and into the new year.  It was just better to start getting
> things out instead of waiting for everything to be perfect.  

What he said.

M