From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id RAA23758; Fri, 7 May 2004 17:47:06 +0200 (MET DST) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id RAA24283 for ; Fri, 7 May 2004 17:47:05 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de (moutng.kundenserver.de [212.227.126.189]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i47Fl3EV021617 for ; Fri, 7 May 2004 17:47:04 +0200 Received: from [212.227.126.160] (helo=mrelayng.kundenserver.de) by moutng.kundenserver.de with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 1BM7Yz-0006Xu-00; Fri, 07 May 2004 17:47:01 +0200 Received: from [80.129.104.20] (helo=gate.gerd-stolpmann.de) by mrelayng.kundenserver.de with asmtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 1BM7Yz-0000dC-00; Fri, 07 May 2004 17:47:01 +0200 Received: from ice.gerd-stolpmann.de (ice.gerd-stolpmann.de [192.168.0.13]) by gate.gerd-stolpmann.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB4C35816; Fri, 7 May 2004 17:47:00 +0200 (CEST) Received: by ice.gerd-stolpmann.de (Postfix, from userid 1000) id C84F6B032; Fri, 7 May 2004 17:46:59 +0200 (CEST) Subject: Re: [Caml-list] OCaml development site From: Gerd Stolpmann To: John Goerzen Cc: caml-list@inria.fr In-Reply-To: <20040507145333.GB28061@excelhustler.com> References: <20040507.124419.02551989.Christophe.Troestler@umh.ac.be> <008501c43429$393dc730$ef01a8c0@warp> <20040507145333.GB28061@excelhustler.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1083944818.12323.113.camel@ice.gerd-stolpmann.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 Date: Fri, 07 May 2004 17:46:59 +0200 X-Provags-ID: kundenserver.de abuse@kundenserver.de auth:a6865a839c0178d9aa0ce41878507ea2 X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 409BAF77.001 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Loop: caml-list@inria.fr X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 gerd:01 stolpmann:01 fre:99 2004:99 gerd:01 stolpmann:01 viktoriastr:01 64293:01 darmstadt:01 ocaml:01 wrote:03 algorithm:03 account:96 account:96 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk On Fre, 2004-05-07 at 16:53, John Goerzen wrote: > My perception of GODI > -- and this may or may not be true -- is that it is a cathedral-style > operation, where central gatekeepers review and approve contributions > (and it requires knowledge of its build system). Make it more open to > start with. I really don't understand what you mean. Everybody can get an account and release packages. (That there is not yet an account request page has technical reasons, but I hope that an email to the admin, not gatekeeper, is not a problem in the meantime.) There is no formal review process, and nobody approves contributions. I don't even know where you have this idea from. Everybody can release files, everybody can make changes to work of others. Of course, when you are working on the GODI server, you are watched, because it is open, and sometimes there are discussions on godi-list about that, e.g because something does not work as expected. This is absolutely normal when working on a shared platform, it is not a private place. Of course, GODI requires knowledge how to do things with it. Come on, we are not talking about a toy problem where everything is obvious. But it is not really difficult to make a GODI package. Algorithm: (1) Look around which of the released 50 packages is similar to mine (2) Copy that (3) Change identifiers etc (4) If anything remains open, try to find it in the documentation or ask on godi-list. There is also the GODIVA initiative that simplifies package making a lot. Finally, there are some people (including me) who are more involved into the project than other people. This is true, but unavoidable because somebody has to do the work. Gerd -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Gerd Stolpmann * Viktoriastr. 45 * 64293 Darmstadt * Germany gerd@gerd-stolpmann.de http://www.gerd-stolpmann.de ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners