Difference between revisions of "Organisation"

From Minetest Developer Wiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
m (cat)
(rename Minetest to Luanti)
 
(4 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown)
Line 4: Line 4:
 
== Core developers ==
 
== Core developers ==
 
Core developers have special privileges and responsibilities compared to other contributors:
 
Core developers have special privileges and responsibilities compared to other contributors:
* Can vote for and against merging pull requests (Two for-votes are required for code to be mergeable upstream.)
+
* Can vote for and against merging pull requests (See also [[Git Guidelines]])
* Has write access to the Minetest team's repositories on GitHub
+
* Has write access to the Luanti's team's repositories on GitHub
 +
 
 +
The core team should all be people who are trusted and capable of reviewing C++ code if you ask them to. They don't necessarily need to have the time. However, if a core developer doesn't write or review any code for a long time, the trust disappears.
  
 
==== Assignment ====
 
==== Assignment ====
 
Core developers are assigned and unassigned by celeron55, based on these rules:
 
Core developers are assigned and unassigned by celeron55, based on these rules:
 
* Only people who have already contributed to the project can be assigned to be core developers.
 
* Only people who have already contributed to the project can be assigned to be core developers.
* The person themselves or anyone else can propose someone to become or stop being a core developer. Do this by "/msg celeron55 blah blah".
+
* The person themselves or anyone else can propose someone to become or stop being a core developer. Do this by "/msg celeron55 blah blah", or by email.
* If a core developer is doing almost nothing but blocking everything that comes their way, they will be unassigned. (celeron55 will accept complaints and will ultimately decide.)
+
* Celeron55 accepts complaints about core developers and ultimately decides on unassignments.
 
* Core developers, like other contributors, should document and publish their work in a way that allows another contributor to pick up on it if the core developer stops working on the project due to any reason.
 
* Core developers, like other contributors, should document and publish their work in a way that allows another contributor to pick up on it if the core developer stops working on the project due to any reason.
 +
* If a person doesn't use their core developer privileges for 6 months, the privileges will be revoked for security reasons.
  
 
== Past major changes ==
 
== Past major changes ==

Latest revision as of 22:26, 22 October 2024

Contributors

A contributor is anyone who has made a pull request that has been merged, or successfully sent a patch to be applied otherwise.

Core developers

Core developers have special privileges and responsibilities compared to other contributors:

  • Can vote for and against merging pull requests (See also Git Guidelines)
  • Has write access to the Luanti's team's repositories on GitHub

The core team should all be people who are trusted and capable of reviewing C++ code if you ask them to. They don't necessarily need to have the time. However, if a core developer doesn't write or review any code for a long time, the trust disappears.

Assignment

Core developers are assigned and unassigned by celeron55, based on these rules:

  • Only people who have already contributed to the project can be assigned to be core developers.
  • The person themselves or anyone else can propose someone to become or stop being a core developer. Do this by "/msg celeron55 blah blah", or by email.
  • Celeron55 accepts complaints about core developers and ultimately decides on unassignments.
  • Core developers, like other contributors, should document and publish their work in a way that allows another contributor to pick up on it if the core developer stops working on the project due to any reason.
  • If a person doesn't use their core developer privileges for 6 months, the privileges will be revoked for security reasons.

Past major changes

2015-11-02: The subsystem maintainer method was officially taken out of use. It had already been unofficially out of use for a long time. See the history of this page for details about how it worked.