From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 1 23:09:55 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E1FFA6E7; Wed, 1 Apr 2015 23:09:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from citadel.icyb.net.ua (citadel.icyb.net.ua [212.40.38.140]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0A55A39; Wed, 1 Apr 2015 23:09:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from porto.starpoint.kiev.ua (porto-e.starpoint.kiev.ua [212.40.38.100]) by citadel.icyb.net.ua (8.8.8p3/ICyb-2.3exp) with ESMTP id CAA01636; Thu, 02 Apr 2015 02:07:05 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from avg@FreeBSD.org) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]) by porto.starpoint.kiev.ua with esmtp (Exim 4.34 (FreeBSD)) id 1YdRgS-0005DF-5B; Thu, 02 Apr 2015 02:04:28 +0300 Message-ID: <551C7840.4020409@FreeBSD.org> Date: Thu, 02 Apr 2015 01:59:12 +0300 From: Andriy Gapon User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.3.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Eitan Adler , FreeBSD Hackers , freebsd-current Current Subject: Re: Bazaaring the cathedral (Lowering the Barrier to Entry) References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2015 23:09:56 -0000 On 01/04/2015 19:55, Eitan Adler wrote: > To solve this problem I propose a simple solution: self-serve commit > access. We create a web service on accounts.freebsd.org via which > users can create themselves a freefall account. In addition to a > freefall account, the identical username would be created for the wiki > and phabricator, bugzilla, and any other service we might provide. Your proposal is incomplete because itd oesn't say anything about booking a mentor. Even if it's a bazaar a neophyte still has to get themselves a mentor, JIMHO. -- Andriy Gapon