[Kde-scm-interest] the permissions confusion

[Oswald Buddenhagen]

On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 11:19:20AM +0100, Thomas Zander wrote:
> On Saturday 12. December 2009 11.07.58 Oswald Buddenhagen wrote:
> > > likewise, we want all devs to be able to comment on and otherwise
> > > process  merge requests ?
> > 
> > no.
> > while commenting is allowed at any time (both technically and socially),
> > approving lies in the hands of the maintainers of the respective
> > subproject. it has never been different in kde
> 
> How is there a technical limitation in kde currently for the integration of 
> patches?
> I only see the social one.
>
yes, and unfortunately, usually people are unaware of particular projects'
policies. this is a rather common contention point, particularly for
projects which live in the main modules.
consequently, any technical means which make the policy obvious without
impairing the workflow too much are most welcome. MR permissions are
such a means. the "magic push" i suggested would be one. restricting
commit access without providing "magic push" otoh would be inappropriate
in most cases.