[openbeos] Re: Protecting 'in progress' folders from anonymous CVS

  • From: "Michael Phipps" <mphipps1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 11:23:25 -0400

Thanks - I wrote those. :-)

I don't mind keeping them open - if someone wants to read and understand 
the code without signing up, all the power in the world to them.

I wouldn't be leary - the way I see it, if I feel good enough about submitting 
for review by team members, anyone should be able to see it.

Anyone feel differently? 

>Hey Michael...
>
>I've been looking thru the kernel_kit downloaded via anonymous CVS. I 
>noticed some text files in the 'docs' directory. Actually, it's pretty 
>cool to see these -- nice to know that someone is documenting the 
>calls.
>
>However... shouldn't these be hidden from the average joe? Both the 
>'docs' and 'test' folders are meant to contain working files that are 
>still "in-progress". Don't we want to protect them from being accessed 
>by anyone? I think programmers are going to be leary of checking in 
>stuff otherwise. Only the 'source' folder, which contains the final, 
>"good" version should be viewable by all. The rest should require a 
>password.
>
>




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