Re: [BuildStream] Committer Policy

[Laurence Urhegyi <laurence urhegyi codethink co uk>]

On 2019-06-26 15:37, Sander Striker wrote:
> > I have some questions, though:
> >
> > 1) Since I've only focused on adding in the full commit access for
> > now,
> > how should we proceed with partial commit access? We'd need to agree
> > on
> > how to split up the codebase areas and who should be assigned
> > partial
> > access (see below for my suggestion of the potential split).
>
> > 2) Do we really care about partial commit access? Things seem to be
> > working well at the moment in reviews (my patch doesn't change
> > anything,
> > just documents the situation) and so maybe it's more hassle than
> > it's
> > worth? Also, we'd need to think about how to do the logistical
> > separation of permissions between these different areas - I don't
> > know
> > is Gitlab is capable of this...I know it has the concept of
> > codeowners
> > [4].
>
> This is all about trust.  Given we are using a VCS we shouldn't be too
> fussed about this, we can always return to a previous state if someone
> "abuses" their powers.  Following the social contract, as applying
> common sense is likely going to be enough.  If it turns out this is
> causing problems, we can introduce a more involved process then.

OK, great - that makes sense. I'll stick with listing just the full 
committers then.

Thanks,
Laurence