Fossil SCM

Rewrote the "Trust over hierarchy" point in fossil-v-git for clarity.

wyoung 2019-07-19 15:59 trunk
Commit d178c782d3b2ed7208389950eb466ee85effa39ac546c5b06663eb6939547799
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--- www/fossil-v-git.wiki
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<li><p><b>Personal engagement:</b> SQLite's developers know each
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other by name and work together daily on the project.</p></li>
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- <li><p><b>Trust over hierarchy:</b> Fossil supports developers given
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- direct commit capability on the repository rather than support a
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- hierarchical "dictator and lieutenants" contribution style. D.
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+ <li><p><b>Trust over hierarchy:</b> SQLite's developers check
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+ changes into their local repository, and these are immediately and
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+ automatically sync'd up to the central repository; there is no
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+ "[https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Distributed-Git-Distributed-Workflows#_dictator_and_lieutenants_workflow|dictator
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+ and lieutenants]" hierarchy as with Linux kernel contributions. D.
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Richard Hipp rarely overrides decisions made by those he has trusted
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- with commit access on his repositories.
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- [/doc/trunk/www/admin-v-setup.md|Some users] have more power over
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- what they can do with the repository, but Fossil does not otherwise
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+ with commit access on his repositories. Fossil allows you to give
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+ [/doc/trunk/www/admin-v-setup.md|some users] more power over what
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+ they can do with the repository, but Fossil does not otherwise
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directly support the enforcement of a development organization's
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- social hierarchy. Fossil is a great fit for
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+ social and power hierarchies. Fossil is a great fit for
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[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_organization|flat
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organizations].</p></li>
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<li><p><b>No easy drive-by contributions:</b> Git
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[https://www.git-scm.com/docs/git-request-pull|pull requests] offer
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--- www/fossil-v-git.wiki
+++ www/fossil-v-git.wiki
@@ -177,19 +177,21 @@
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178 <ul>
179 <li><p><b>Personal engagement:</b> SQLite's developers know each
180 other by name and work together daily on the project.</p></li>
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182 <li><p><b>Trust over hierarchy:</b> Fossil supports developers given
183 direct commit capability on the repository rather than support a
184 hierarchical "dictator and lieutenants" contribution style. D.
 
 
185 Richard Hipp rarely overrides decisions made by those he has trusted
186 with commit access on his repositories.
187 [/doc/trunk/www/admin-v-setup.md|Some users] have more power over
188 what they can do with the repository, but Fossil does not otherwise
189 directly support the enforcement of a development organization's
190 social hierarchy. Fossil is a great fit for
191 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_organization|flat
192 organizations].</p></li>
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194 <li><p><b>No easy drive-by contributions:</b> Git
195 [https://www.git-scm.com/docs/git-request-pull|pull requests] offer
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--- www/fossil-v-git.wiki
+++ www/fossil-v-git.wiki
@@ -177,19 +177,21 @@
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178 <ul>
179 <li><p><b>Personal engagement:</b> SQLite's developers know each
180 other by name and work together daily on the project.</p></li>
181
182 <li><p><b>Trust over hierarchy:</b> SQLite's developers check
183 changes into their local repository, and these are immediately and
184 automatically sync'd up to the central repository; there is no
185 "[https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Distributed-Git-Distributed-Workflows#_dictator_and_lieutenants_workflow|dictator
186 and lieutenants]" hierarchy as with Linux kernel contributions. D.
187 Richard Hipp rarely overrides decisions made by those he has trusted
188 with commit access on his repositories. Fossil allows you to give
189 [/doc/trunk/www/admin-v-setup.md|some users] more power over what
190 they can do with the repository, but Fossil does not otherwise
191 directly support the enforcement of a development organization's
192 social and power hierarchies. Fossil is a great fit for
193 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_organization|flat
194 organizations].</p></li>
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196 <li><p><b>No easy drive-by contributions:</b> Git
197 [https://www.git-scm.com/docs/git-request-pull|pull requests] offer
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