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

I agree wholeheartedly.  We're an opensource project; our docs should be
open, too.  It lets the (ex)Be engineers see what we're up to and point
out what we're doing wrong. ;)

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Michael Phipps wrote:
> 
> 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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