[oi-dev] Discussing maintainers visibility in oi-userland

[Alexander Pyhalov]

On 11.05.2017 22:13, Peter Tribble wrote:
> On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 6:56 PM, Aurélien Larcher <
> aurelien.larcher at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> The question raised is whether we should formalize a maintaining 
>> process
>> for some important components or groups of components.
>> 
>> At some point I joked about a campaign going like "Adopt a package".
>> 
> 
> There are downsides to having a formal owner: they can become a
> bottleneck, and it might discourage others to contribute in an area
> where there's an individual (or individuals) listed. Also, people may 
> be
> reluctant to contribute if there's a prospect of being lumbered with
> the responsibility going forward.
> 
> But, if you can avoid that, then there are benefits to having what we
> would call "Subject Matter Experts" for components or groups. Having
> someone who is reasonably familiar with the component, preferably
> someone who uses it, is useful as a source of help and advice, and
> having a list of such people and their specialities would be useful to
> other contributors.
> 
> Putting such a list on display would also show that OI wasn't just a
> one or two person effort, which would be good.

Yes, this idea seems reasonable. BTW, recently github started suggesting 
reviewers
and it does it rather well.
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