[MPlayer-dev-eng] Commit rules and coexistence rules
Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski
dominik at rangers.eu.org
Fri Jun 6 21:22:21 CEST 2008
On Friday, 06 June 2008 at 21:08, Benjamin Zores wrote:
> Michael Niedermayer a écrit :
>
> > * The leader(s) of a project based on C should be experienced C developer(s).
>
> That's so not true.
> Leader has to lead i.e. giving directions or directives, that's all.
> Code reviewing is not a relevant task for such a job.
> It's ok for maintainers or technical approvers though.
Well, in MPlayer's case, I don't think most developers would accept anyone
not directly involved with maintaining MPlayer. If I'm mistaken, please
correct me. The above assumption is one of the base ones in my proposal.
[...]
> Leading is all about social organization and your software's promotion.
> Today, MPlayer suffers from a very bad:
> - organization
> - reputation
> - coherence
>
> Leader's goal is to change that, not to code.
I agree, but these goals are not mutually exclusive.
Regards,
R.
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