[csw-maintainers] RFD: Releases and staging proposal

[James Lee]

On 08/02/10, 20:52:01, Dagobert Michelsen <dam at opencsw.org> wrote regarding 
Re: [csw-maintainers] RFD: Releases and staging proposal:

> >> So we should stick to what we have and just drop the proposal?
> >
> > maybe, maybe not.
> > What does the "new" proposal fix?
> > That has not been identified.
> >
> > Seems to me, that should be the first thing in the proposal;
> > identifying "the problem" that the proposal has been created to fix.

> It says so clearly in "background":
>   "The main problem is that there are currently no processes that
>    might potentially lead to a stable release"

There is a process.
The proposal doesn't say how it is more likely to lead to a release.


> >> The wiki page is a proposal and you propose a change to the proposal.
> >> So how about some discussion on the matter instead of the wording?
> >
> > Why are you objecting to changing the wording? whats the problem?
> > He's suggested a change to the proposal. Are you only open to some
> > kinds of change to it?

> First it says clearly on top of the page "Status: Draft".

The missing word is proposal.


> There are two ways the document can be changed:
> 1. Describe the change in terms of "I propose to change the sentence
>    'abc' to 'def' in paragraph 1 of section 2" and discuss it on
>    maintainers@

This the form a proposal should take.


> 2. Change it yourself and discuss it on maintainers@

Ouch.



James.