From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Feb 4 11:22:17 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 5F7E937B401 for ; Tue, 4 Feb 2003 11:22:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtpout.mac.com (smtpout.mac.com [17.250.248.88]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CDBE243FC1 for ; Tue, 4 Feb 2003 11:22:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from lomion@mac.com) Received: from asmtp01.mac.com (asmtp01-qfe3 [10.13.10.65]) by smtpout.mac.com (Xserve/MantshX 2.0) with ESMTP id h14JMFhn010517 for ; Tue, 4 Feb 2003 11:22:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from mac.com ([67.98.154.9]) by asmtp01.mac.com (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with ESMTP id H9STT300.G5L for ; Tue, 4 Feb 2003 11:22:15 -0800 Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 14:22:13 -0500 Subject: Re: dillon@'s commit bit: I object Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=fixed Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v551) From: Larry Sica To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20030204120535.02835100@localhost> Message-Id: X-Pgp-Rfc2646-Fix: 1 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.551) 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 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday, February 4, 2003, at 02:08 PM, Brett Glass wrote: > At 12:02 PM 2/4/2003, Larry Sica wrote: > >> I have to agree here. A broader representation of the total userbase >> might make for a more even representation. One that takes other >> factors into account. To be honest some of the logistics of the >> project have been sorely lacking. >> >> I do not have the expertise to do any hard core programming, does that >> mean i therefore should have no say? What if i write a number of >> articles, or am really helpful? Or maintain hundreds of freebsd >> systems? Does my investment seem less just because I am not a >> committer? > > Exactly. Perhaps a better form of governance would include another > (more open and democratic) stratum at the top, which in turn managed > teams that did the coding, docs, advocacy, PR, system administration, > etc.? > One thing i want to make clear though, the idea of core is something i would never advocate even thinking of abandoning. I just dont think that because i dont have a commit bit and am not a developer that i am less valuable. - --Larry -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 8.0 (Build 349) Beta iQA/AwUBPkAS6eeV8VtPCL3dEQImRACeIF9q1k4kahN++l/IhzAfxVrN7sEAoIR/ kzbdwkumB/pom1lR/yXs2rPp =gLTL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message