2013-02-15, 15:40
my .02c...
primary reason for using email is that basing stuff on pull requests would mean git(hub) only - which isn't a sane requirement - lots of authors use e.g. googlecode.
second problem is that we cannot have hooks on github that react on push, so we'd need to external poll agent running, a more error prone, more involved and more taxing (on the backend) approach. sourceforge allows hooks, which is why the repos are over there still.
as for allowing third party repos in the official repo; this would tear down the borders between code offered by us and third parties we have absolutely no control over. that is not acceptable from our pov, since we feel/are reponsible for software offered on our servers. since the python in xbmc isn't sandboxed, there needs to be a HUMAN reviewing all the add-ons looking for harmful code. this is us behaving reponsible, not us distrusting other authors. sure, there can malicious behaviour (not gonna happen very often) or good old brainfarts on the authors behalf.
i think the fact that we do this is missed by a lot of peeps.
primary reason for using email is that basing stuff on pull requests would mean git(hub) only - which isn't a sane requirement - lots of authors use e.g. googlecode.
second problem is that we cannot have hooks on github that react on push, so we'd need to external poll agent running, a more error prone, more involved and more taxing (on the backend) approach. sourceforge allows hooks, which is why the repos are over there still.
as for allowing third party repos in the official repo; this would tear down the borders between code offered by us and third parties we have absolutely no control over. that is not acceptable from our pov, since we feel/are reponsible for software offered on our servers. since the python in xbmc isn't sandboxed, there needs to be a HUMAN reviewing all the add-ons looking for harmful code. this is us behaving reponsible, not us distrusting other authors. sure, there can malicious behaviour (not gonna happen very often) or good old brainfarts on the authors behalf.
i think the fact that we do this is missed by a lot of peeps.
