1997-05-15 22:46:24 +00:00
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CVS Development Policies
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This file, DEVEL-CVS, contains the policies by which the CVS
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development group operates. Also see the HACKING file.
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Charter for the devel-cvs mailing list:
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The CVS Developers' List <devel-cvs@cyclic.com> exists to help people
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with access to the CVS source repository co-ordinate changes, make
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releases, and administer the repository.
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Everyone who has been given checkin access to the repository for the
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CVS sources should read devel-cvs. Only those with checkin access may
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send messages to the list.
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The devel-cvs list may be used to discuss:
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- administrivia regarding the CVS source repository and release
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process, and
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- changes and features intended for inclusion in the official CVS
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release (either source code or documentation), which someone plans
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to implement, or has implemented.
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The devel-cvs list should not be used to discuss:
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- changes or features to packages other than the CVS release
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(e.g., related packages like tkCVS, RAD/CVS, or other groups'
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distributions of CVS, like RCVS, etc.),
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- changes which nobody has offered to implement, or
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- the philosophy of CVS (as opposed to a specific change to CVS).
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These topics should either go on info-cvs, or have a new mailing list
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created for them.
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The topic restrictions in this charter do not reflect the development
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group's future plans for CVS; rather, they reflect a topic
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classification which the group finds helpful.
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Policies regarding the CVS source repository:
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By checking items into the repository, developers agree to permit
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distribution of such items under the terms of the GNU Public License.
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Procedure for dealing with people who want to be developers:
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1997-06-22 10:55:49 +00:00
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People who want checkin access are first requested to send
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1997-05-15 22:46:24 +00:00
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patches and have them reviewed by a developer. If they submit some
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good ones (preferably over a period of time, to demonstrate sustained
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interest), then one of the developers can ask the devel-cvs mailing
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list whether it is OK to make this person a developer (after first
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sending the prospective developer a copy of this file and then having
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the prospective developer say they want to be a developer). If there
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are no objections, an account will be created.
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Policy regarding checkout-only access:
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Checkout-only access to the CVS repository is available to all, on an
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anonymous basis (no need for registration or other complications).
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The exact technical mechanisms by which it is available are not
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covered by this policy.
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