From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Feb 6 11:59: 4 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3CE4137B401 for ; Thu, 6 Feb 2003 11:59:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from lariat.org (lariat.org [63.229.157.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F70F43FAF for ; Thu, 6 Feb 2003 11:59:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brett@lariat.org) Received: from mustang.lariat.org (IDENT:ppp1000.lariat.org@lariat.org [63.229.157.2]) by lariat.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA15851 for ; Thu, 6 Feb 2003 12:58:53 -0700 (MST) X-message-flag: Warning! Use of Microsoft Outlook renders your system susceptible to Internet worms. Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.2.20030206124340.03c37c40@localhost> X-Sender: brett@localhost X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2003 12:45:50 -0700 To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG From: Brett Glass Subject: Re: dillon@'s commit bit: I object In-Reply-To: <20030206005639.V40993@12-234-22-23.pyvrag.nggov.pbz> References: <3E41CFED.45413F33@kuzbass.ru> <20030205171407.A15358@freebie.xs4all.nl> <20030205190345.GD42936@roark.gnf.org> <20030205140726.407e150a.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> <3E41CFED.45413F33@kuzbass.ru> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 02:26 AM 2/6/2003, Doug Barton wrote: >I'd like to make a point that I think is being overlooked here regarding >exactly what a "commit bit" means. It simply means that the person has >(essentially) unfettered access to commit code directly to the tree. For >all intents and purposes, it's a matter of convenience. Exactly. Which means that it's likely NOT a good criterion for allowing someone to vote (and its absence should not be a reason to deny a member of the community a vote). --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message