[personal] Re: [moby] Re: [MOBY-dev] how to handle errors in a biomoby service?

[Mark Wilkinson]

This would also give us a clear basis for splitting-up the semi-annual
developers meeting into the "core" developers and the "adherents".  This
is something I had hoped to do in the coming year anyway (assuming that
we get funded at all... which is what I am currently working on! Fingers
crossed!)

M


> >    6) Now the tricky part: I think taht there should be only few people
> > (major developers) who can vote on it. This is called an "Architecture
> > Board" at OMG and guarantees that the changes are hopefully not breaking
> > other things.
> 
> I think we know who those people are, for the most part, but I think it
> would be good to open up the floor for volunteers with the caveat that
> there *will be an expectation* of a ~significant time commitment from
> those who volunteer, and with a one-year tenure (so that people don't
> join just to get their favorite feature through the process and then
> disappear again).  This should sufficiently self-regulate the membership
> that it wont get unwieldy, and selects those who are both committed, and
> knowledgeable.


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Mark Wilkinson
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Dept. of Medical Genetics
University of British Columbia
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