Re: [matplotlib-devel] git-svn matplotlib mirror

[Benjamin R. <ben...@ou...>]

On Saturday, January 22, 2011, John Hunter <jd...@gm...> wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 1:27 PM, Eric Firing <ef...@ha...> wrote:
>> I would like to be included in the group with git write access, unless
>> there is a clear decision to restrict this group to a very small core of
>> gatekeepers.
>
> I can add you -- any developer who currently has mpl commit privs,
> send me your github account name and I'll add you to the mpl
> organization.  Although a gatekeeper model may have its merits. and
> you'd be a gatekeeper under any scenario, I prefer to keep our current
> developer model of a large number of trusted committers rather than a
> few gatekeepers.
>
> I'd be willing to reconsider this model in the face of persuasive
> argument *and* a few people willing to stand up and serve as patch
> reviewers and gatekeepers, but until then, I think we have to rely on
> good people making good contributions, in the presence of our unit
> tests and host of people serving as crash test dummies by running off
> HEAD....
>
> JDH
>

Somehow, I read that as "running with heads cut off"... It is late.

Anyway, I am willing to give a switchover a shot, and to continue the
current contrib model.  Btw, if Friedrich hasn't been made a developer
yet, he has my vote (if he wants it).

Ben Root