Proposal: KDE CVS Commit Policy

[Neil Stevens]

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On Sunday March 30, 2003 07:43, Stephan Binner wrote:
> On Sunday 30 March 2003 14:24, Cornelius Schumacher wrote:
> >  2. Never commit code that doesn't compile.
>
> With --disable-final? With --enable-final?
>
> >  6. Make sure that the maintainer of the code you are changing knows
> >     about your plans before committing.
>
> Do you want to describe the current situation (above has nothing to do
> with reality) or do you want to change and slow down the development?
> Most of my commits would be illegal by this definition. What about dead
> maintainers?

How about this:

6. Respect the policies of application and library maintainers, and consult=
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with them before making large changes.  Source control systems are not a=20
substitute for developer communication.

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Neil Stevens - neil@qualityassistant.com
"The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep's throat, for which the
sheep thanks the shepherd as a liberator, while the wolf denounces him
for the same act as the destroyer of liberty." -- Abraham Lincoln
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