[boost] [Guild] Getting volunteers' changes back to trunk

Subject: [boost] [Guild] Getting volunteers' changes back to trunk
From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-11-11 11:49:35

First things first: I want to call this program "Boost.Guild." Agreed?

At Sat, 06 Nov 2010 08:55:31 -0500,
Jim Bell wrote:

> Say you have a team of volunteers attacking failed regressions and
> tickets. They're creating (hopefully) good trunk patches. They can't
> commit to the trunk, but can modify tickets.
> 
> If maintainers are active, they could review and incorporate
> them. But this increased activity may be more of a strain for
> them. If maintainers are MIA, it won't happen.
> 
> So we need at least one person to bring these changes back into the
> trunk. Changes to libraries they're not familiar with.

BoostPro is willing to commit resources to help with that if there's
someone else (like you) running the program with us.  We'll need a
list of libraries whose maintainers authorize such changes, and
libraries whose maintainers want to control all changes themselves.

> What's the best way for the volunteers to signal to these
> trunk-authority people to pick up their change?
> 
> A Ticket keyword and corresponding report should work. Is there a
> better way?

I can't think of one.

> Should we look for a person or two from the volunteers for this
> role?

I don't think the volunteers themselves can be authorized to commit to
trunk.  We need more trusted people to do that.

> A regular schedule (say, twice a week) to run the report and patch
> would be good, I think. Trunk regressions need time to bake.

Sorry, which report?

-- 
Dave Abrahams
BoostPro Computing
http://www.boostpro.com