Re: [gentoo-project] [RFC PATCH] glep-0039: Add a section describing who Gentoo developers are

["Michał Górny" <mgorny@gentoo.org>]

W dniu wto, 24.04.2018 o godzinie 11∶50 -0500, użytkownik Matthew Thode
napisał:
> On 18-04-24 16:51:58, Michał Górny wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Here's a followup of my pre-GLEP.  After the content being reduced even
> > more by the bikeshed, and suggestions that this would fit better inside
> > GLEP 39, here's a minimal patch to GLEP 39 that prepends the two main
> > points of the specification with short definition of developers.
> > 
> > ---
> > 
> > Amend GLEP 39 by adding missing definition of Gentoo developer, along
> > with a short explanation on how new developers are being admitted
> > and how existing developers are removed.  This GLEP has been writting
> > with strong focus on what developers can do; however, no GLEP has really
> > defined whom developers really are.
> > 
> > The aim of this change is merely to describe the status quo, without
> > introducing any changes to the structure or procedures.  The wording has
> > been reduced to absolute minimum necessary to outline the processes
> > without getting into any details that could be considered controversial.
> > ---
> >  glep-0039.rst | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
> >  1 file changed, 34 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/glep-0039.rst b/glep-0039.rst
> > index c458450..f68247e 100644
> > --- a/glep-0039.rst
> > +++ b/glep-0039.rst
> > @@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ Author: Grant Goodyear <g2boojum@gentoo.org>,
> >          Ciaran McCreesh <ciaranm@gentoo.org>
> >  Type: Informational
> >  Status: Final
> > -Version: 2
> > +Version: 2.1
> >  Created: 2005-09-01
> > -Last-Modified: 2016-07-30
> > -Post-History: 2005-09-01, 2006-02-09, 2007-10-12, 2008-01-19
> > +Last-Modified: 2018-04-24
> > +Post-History: 2005-09-01, 2006-02-09, 2007-10-12, 2008-01-19, 2018-04-24
> >  Content-Type: text/x-rst
> >  Replaces: 4
> >  ---
> > @@ -17,7 +17,10 @@ Status
> >  ======
> >  
> >  Implemented. GLEP amended on 2006-02-09 to add the final bullet point to
> > -list B in `Specification`_.
> > +list C in `Specification`_.
> > +
> > +GLEP amended on 2018-04-24 to prepend new point A to the specification
> > +describing who developers are.
> >  
> >  Abstract
> >  ========
> > @@ -106,7 +109,28 @@ Additional problems identified by the current metastructure reform proposals
> >  Specification
> >  =============
> >  
> > -A. A project is a group of developers working towards a goal (or a set
> > +A. A developer is a person who has successfully passed recruitment
> > +   procedure as defined of the time of the recruit's joining and is
> > +   actively contributing to Gentoo Linux.
> > +
> > +   *  New developers are admitted by the Recruiters project
> > +      [#RECRUITERS]_ upon asserting that the candidate(s) have
> > +      the necessary skills, motivation and have recent contributions
> > +      in the areas of their interest.
> > +   *  Developers are removed by the Undertakers project [#UNDERTAKERS]_.
> > +      The developer status can be revoked in one of the following cases:
> > +
> > +      - The developer's own explicit request.
> > +      - Determining that the developer is no longer actively
> > +        contributing to Gentoo.
> > +      - A result of disciplinary action taken by an appropriately
> > +        authorized project.
> > +
> > +   *  The policies for admittance and removal of developers shall
> > +      be defined and published by the Recruiters and Undertakers
> > +      projects appropriately.
> 
> Appropriately needs to be defined.

Ah, I meant 'respectively' here.  Will fix that.

> 
> > +
> > +B. A project is a group of developers working towards a goal (or a set
> >     of goals).
> >  
> >     *  A project exists if it has a maintained Wiki
> > @@ -130,7 +154,7 @@ A. A project is a group of developers working towards a goal (or a set
> >        this GLEP does not provide for a way for the community at large
> >        to block a new project, even if the comments are wholly negative.
> >  
> > -B. Global issues will be decided by an elected Gentoo council.
> > +C. Global issues will be decided by an elected Gentoo council.
> >  
> >     *  There will be a set number of council members.  (For the
> >        first election that number was set to 7 by acclamation.)
> > @@ -209,6 +233,10 @@ References
> >  
> >  .. [#Project_pages] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Gentoo_Wiki:Developer_Central/Project_pages
> >  
> > +.. [#RECRUITERS] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Recruiters
> > +
> > +.. [#UNDERTAKERS] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Undertakers
> > +
> >  Copyright
> >  =========
> >  
> > -- 
> > 2.17.0
> > 
> > 
> 
> Nothting past that definition I think.  Thanks for cleaning this up.
> 

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Best regards,
Michał Górny