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Re: I gave commit rights to someone I didn't know

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Post by darfs »

chris_wot wrote: post #46
jlgaddis wrote: post #31

I was introduced to open source software in 1996 and have been a huge advocate since. About five years ago, I decided to quit my job and, shortly thereafter, went out in search of a project I could contribute to in my spare time (which was now much more abundant). I quickly discovered that a particular piece of software I used daily wasn't really being maintained all that well, despite the fact that there were severa…

You really should tell us what the software is so we can know to avoid it or perhaps find your changes, fork the project and reapply them then push to have distorts switch to this new version. Worked well for a number of projects where developers are jerks and don't allow other talented and dedicated contributors to participate.

Want to know it too. Maybe someone of us know the Dev, and could ask why? Or even simply have the Option, someone to fork and maintain it well. /Sorry for Bad engl., written at Phone. Be patience :-)

Re: I gave commit rights to someone I didn't know

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Post by perlgeek »

h1d wrote: post #65
perlgeek wrote: post #57

Let me tell you the story of how I got involved in the Perl 6 community. I was trying to find out how Perl 6 was progressing, and found a broken link on a related website (pugscode.org, now defunct). So I went into the #perl6 IRC channel to report it. Within three minutes, Audrey Tang (to become minister without portfolio in Taiwan in October) had committed a fix, somehow found an email address of mine, and sent me a…

I don't want to sound too negative but doesn't this look like they were in need of volunteers even by risking the repo's integrity by allowing total strangers commit access from lack of commitment from the real core team? It almost sounds like perl6 is a publically writeable repo.

Well, we've been doing this since 2007 at least, likely longer, and haven't detected a single instance of such a behavior. That is a data point.

Also, if you don't want to sound too negative, maybe just leave out "from lack of commitment from the real core team". Your question makes sense without it, and that's what comprises much of the negativity in your comment.

Re: I gave commit rights to someone I didn't know

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Post by jorgecastillo »

jlgaddis wrote: post #31

I was introduced to open source software in 1996 and have been a huge advocate since. About five years ago, I decided to quit my job and, shortly thereafter, went out in search of a project I could contribute to in my spare time (which was now much more abundant). I quickly discovered that a particular piece of software I used daily wasn't really being maintained all that well, despite the fact that there were severa…

Out of curiosity, why didn't you make a fork?

Re: I gave commit rights to someone I didn't know

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Post by OMGWTF »

chris_wot wrote: post #70
matt_wulfeck wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Agree. This is an open source project and I'd like to know the name of it. Not for public shaming but so I can know what to avoid.

logcheck?

https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/logcheck/logcheck.git/log/?o... august, september 2011

Re: I gave commit rights to someone I didn't know

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Post by chris_wot »

judiso wrote: post #58
tibu wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I suppose the author shared his feelings about how overwhelming is to share code with others and work together in one group

right. but what's great in this story really?

I think most of us consider releasing a simple project to others who turn it into something amazing to be pretty great. HTH.

Re: I gave commit rights to someone I didn't know

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Post by zobzu »

Thats not how it works though. It's just called luck. If 90 out of 100 people will do correct commits and not fuck things up in various ways (from inserting a backdoor to just breaking code), then you've 90% chance that 1 person you give commit access to will not do anything wrong.

Are you willing to bet your 10% bad luck on this though? What if its not 10%? How much chance, when 1 become 1 000?

Now that is more like it.

Re: I gave commit rights to someone I didn't know

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Post by OMGWTF »

chris_wot wrote: post #86
OMGWTF wrote: post #85

Earlier quoted context omitted.

https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/logcheck/logcheck.git/log/?o... august, september 2011

Damn, what a dick move. Who is this Hannes von Haugwitz?

I have found 8 commits (https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/logcheck/logcheck.git/log/?q...). Seven of those change 1-2 lines, the other updates the copyright file.

As far as I can see:

- 6a4bf69 has not been reverted

- d4a97c5 has been reverted in 8050b2d

- 5f7da05 has been reverted in ccc183d (webmin)

- cf5e9d3 has been reverted in 792a996 (webmin)

- c6634da has not been reverted, he is still listed in debian/copyright.

- 82f8600 has not been reverted (was extended in f24650f)

- 7f8efa8 has not been reverted

- e4f4889 has not been reverted

So, out of 8 commits, 3 have been reverted. The 2 webmin reverts were followed by deletion of the whole webmin file the same day (5785901).

I don't see how three reverts are "a flood of notification e-mails" or that "The lead developer had reverted every single commit I had made."

But I agree that the commit messages of those reverts should have contained a reason.

Obviously something went wrong. But I don't have enough information to call it a dick move.

Re: I gave commit rights to someone I didn't know

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Post by perlgeek »

dorianm wrote: post #72
perlgeek wrote: post #57

Let me tell you the story of how I got involved in the Perl 6 community. I was trying to find out how Perl 6 was progressing, and found a broken link on a related website (pugscode.org, now defunct). So I went into the #perl6 IRC channel to report it. Within three minutes, Audrey Tang (to become minister without portfolio in Taiwan in October) had committed a fix, somehow found an email address of mine, and sent me a…

Sure, sounds fun, my username is Dorian :)

Invitation sent. Have the appropriate amount of fun! :-)
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