On Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:30:08 +0200, Ian Trudel wrote:

> 2009/7/3 Ken Causey :
>> No password is required, all repositories are world-readable.  That
>> said, if you have one then just specify it when you create the
>> repository entry in MC and forget about it.  It either will work or not,
>> it won't actually be used when reading from any repository.
>
> There have been few suggestions in regard to have a rating system,
> which should help to reward good contributors and punish the bad ones.

Hi Ian,

the source.squeak.org model is centered "around" small units, packages  
(the thing supported by the MC tool). So a handful of developers can and  
do work with/in the same package, usually without disturbing other teams.

You always know who's with you in "your" package(s), and resolve "bad"  
contributions within the team, example: delete an unwanted contribution.

This is the same as in the Pharo fork, an identical copy (up to  
isomorphism, of course ;) of tools and organization. And it is the same  
for non-core packages, with developers using the www.squeaksource.com  
repository (or a local repository in their shop/at home).

And then there are the release-team people, the "gods" who pull together  
 from the various teams.

/Klaus

> Then those who would want to benefit from anything more than anonymous
> contribution would have to register and login.
>
> The most important right now is to keep the momentum, as you said, and
> make things simple. This was just some food for thought. I don't think
> that we should enforce login whatsoever but it doesn't mean that we
> shouldn't support it at all. You know, something in the spirit of
> Wikipedia... maybe.
>
> Regards,
> Ian
>