[Opensim-dev] Inteop patch Mantis#1696

[Sean Dague]

On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 05:37:27PM -0500, James Stallings II wrote:
> Or, we might simply apply the patch to some test regions outside of svn and
> see how it flies. To me, that qualifies as a test.
> 
> Personally, I think we're out on a bit of a limb here, as several of us have
> already personally commited to testing this patch. If it were going to cause
> such angst at this stage of the process, it would have been nice to know
> there were such reservations before that happened.

There is a standard opensim process for these things:
 * submit mantis
 * discuss (length of discussion depending on level of controversy with
   patch)
 * look for testers of patch from mantis (especially if it isn't
   entirely straight forward)
 * decide if patch is ready
 * apply if there is agreement it's ready

People in the community can personally commit themselves to anything
they like, but it doesn't mean they've committed the project to
anything.  The project has a process, and the one time we started making
exceptions to that process, we ended up with a branch full of an
unmergable dump.  So no one gets special treatment any more. :)

    -Sean

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