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Hi Seemant, |
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On 4/27/06, Seemant Kulleen <seemant@g.o> wrote: |
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> Hi All, |
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> Consider this both a rant and a GLEP pre-proposal. When we created the |
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> idea of herds back in the day, there was a clear distinction between a |
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> herd and a team (and a project). Over time, those definitions have |
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> become blurry. I would like emphasise: |
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> A herd is a group of like *packages* |
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> A team is a bunch of people who share a common goal (sometimes to |
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> maintain a herd of packages). |
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> A herd is also a bunch of mindless beasts who follow each other. |
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The metastructure document (which we voted in as our governing |
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document last year) uses the term 'project' instead of team, and makes |
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no mention of herds at all. |
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I think the way forward would be to have this clarification (of herds |
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vs teams) added to the metastructure document, and then for us to sort |
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out the metadata.xml files on the back of that. |
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I guess any change to that document should be subject to a vote. |
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Best regards, |
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Stu |
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