ACL and sponsorship

[Ralf Corsepius]

On Mon, 2007-02-05 at 22:56 -0500, Warren Togami wrote:
> Ralf Corsepius wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > One motiviation behind the FE sponsorship model was sponsors to be able
> > to help and assist "newcomers" during their initial encounters with the
> > Fedora buildsystem. 
> > 
> > In many cases this had required to directly intervene into CVS?
> > 
> > Am I correct in presuming this not to be possible with the ACLs anymore?
> > 
> 
> A flaw in your reasoning is perhaps, that how it is today is how it will 
> be forever.

The current situation is a severe behavioral regression, imposing a
heavy drawback to the foundations FE is based on.

It renders a fundamental aspect of sponsorship inapplicable.

> Please help us to build the design of this future,
> instead of only complain about the present.

The problem is the present - You have introduced a regression.

In most other projects, you'd hear a "revert this change"/"Back to the
drawing board" or "fix your bugs".

Ralf