22 Nov 14, 06:26PM
same problem: you can neither "elect" nor "nominate" someone to be capable.
In the past, someone who was interested in contributing code worked himself into the codebase and started writing fixes and patches and gave them to someone on the project. If, after some time, someone proved (which is the key word here) to be capable to work on the code on his own, he could become a dev team member. I'm sorry, but that's the way it has to be. Also, that's not unique to AC... that's pretty much the same in every project. Although the word "Meritocracy" tends to provoke shitstorms, it still describes quite well, how reality works.
Our codebase still contains a lot of proof of what happens, when someone is allowed to work on it, who just claims to be capable.
PS: one is certainly allowed to sport an attitude like "I'd like to help, but the code is too ugly", but it (surprisingly?) won't get you very far.
In the past, someone who was interested in contributing code worked himself into the codebase and started writing fixes and patches and gave them to someone on the project. If, after some time, someone proved (which is the key word here) to be capable to work on the code on his own, he could become a dev team member. I'm sorry, but that's the way it has to be. Also, that's not unique to AC... that's pretty much the same in every project. Although the word "Meritocracy" tends to provoke shitstorms, it still describes quite well, how reality works.
Our codebase still contains a lot of proof of what happens, when someone is allowed to work on it, who just claims to be capable.
PS: one is certainly allowed to sport an attitude like "I'd like to help, but the code is too ugly", but it (surprisingly?) won't get you very far.