Re: Minutes of the GNOME Foundation Board meeting 28 November 2000

From: Chema Celorio <chema celorio com>
To: George <jirka 5z com>
Cc: Bart Decrem <bart eazel com>, Havoc Pennington <hp redhat com>, Russell Steinthal <rms39 columbia edu>, Daniel Veillard w3 org, foundation-list gnome org
Subject: Re: Minutes of the GNOME Foundation Board meeting 28 November 2000
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 18:15:38 -0600

George wrote:
> I also think that no ACLs is one of the reasons for GNOME success.  I think
> trusting people makes those people think more about their actions.  While
> several times there were some bad things that happened, those can happen with
> ACLs as well, so ACLs do not completely prevent problems, yet they destroy
> the openness of the gnome cvs.
> 
> I also think that if we start putting up barriers such as ACLs, it will
> discourage people from working on GNOME projects.

I also like the idea of no ACLs. People are aware of the rules
and they (mostly) follow them. It is always nice to tell someone,
"looks good, feel free to comit". 

Chema

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