Difference between revisions of "Policy"

Latest revision as of 20:14, 3 May 2012

We believe in rough consensus and running code.

Governance

Project managers: Manc, Ralphis
Coders: Russell, Manc, Hyper Eye, Dr. Sean, AlexMax

Development

Current maintainers can be found in the MAINTAINERS file, distributed with the source code. These are people who volunteer time to work on odamex. If you wish to improve odamex without commitment, you can send us patches. We will generally expect many patches from you over a period of time before you get listed as a maintainer and are given svn access.

Maintenance

Alongside the game development, the community administrates the following systems

The odamex web site, maintained by Manc
Bugzilla, maintained by Manc
SVN repository, maintained by Manc
Primary master server (status), maintained by Manc
Secondary master server (status), maintained by Voxel
The odamex message boards, maintained by forum moderators
The odamex IRC channel, maintained by channel operators
The documentation, maintained by Ralphis and AlexMax
The OdaWiki, maintained by contributors
Public game servers, maintained by their respective administrators

Views

First and foremost, our community is strongly against cheating.

Secondly, we are against the "big brother" mentality. Our reach and authority only applies to the services we provide. The Odamex team is not interested in policing every server, nor are we interested in micromanaging every little bit of use of our products. It is thanks to the individuals that volunteer their time that we are able to offer what we do for you, the player.

We are for transparency, open discussion and understanding of issues, and we are always willing to discuss them rationally if a problem happens to arise.

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 == Governance ==
-* Project manager: [[User:Manc|Manc]]
+* Project managers: [[User:Manc|Manc]], [[User:Ralphis|Ralphis]]
-* Lead coder: [[User:Voxel|Voxel]]
+* Coders: [[User:Russell|Russell]], Manc, [[User:Hyper Eye|Hyper Eye]], [[User:Dr. Sean|Dr. Sean]], [[User:AlexMax|AlexMax]]
 == Development ==
-Current maintainers can be found in the MAINTAINERS file distributed with the source code. These are people who volunteer time to work on odamex and keep things running. If you wish to improve odamex without commitment, you can send us [[patches]]. We will generally expect many patches from you over a period of time before you get listed as a maintainer and are given [[svn]] access.
+Current maintainers can be found in the [[MAINTAINERS]] file, distributed with the source code. These are people who volunteer time to work on odamex. If you wish to improve odamex without commitment, you can send us [[patches]]. We will generally expect many patches from you over a period of time before you get listed as a maintainer and are given [[svn]] access.
 == Maintenance ==
 Alongside the game development, the community administrates the following systems
-* [[http://odamex.net|The odamex web site]], maintained by [[User:Manc|Manc]]
+* [http://odamex.net The odamex web site], maintained by [[User:Manc|Manc]]
+* [http://odamex.net/bugs Bugzilla], maintained by [[User:Manc|Manc]]
 * [[svn|SVN]] repository, maintained by [[User:Manc|Manc]]
-* [http://odamex.net/servers|Master server], maintained by [[User:Manc|Manc]]
+* Primary [[Master|master server]] ([http://odamex.net/servers status]), maintained by [[User:Manc|Manc]]
-* [http://www.voxelsoft.com/odamex/servers.php|Secondary master], maintained by [[User:Voxel|Voxel]]
+* Secondary [[Master|master server]] ([http://odamex.net/servers status]), maintained by [[User:Voxel|Voxel]]
+* The odamex [http://odamex.net/boards/ message boards], maintained by forum moderators
+* The odamex [[IRC]] channel, maintained by channel operators
+* The documentation, maintained by [[User:Ralphis|Ralphis]] and [[User:AlexMax|AlexMax]]
+* The [[OdaWiki]], maintained by contributors
 * Public game servers, maintained by their respective administrators
-* The odamex IRC channel
-== Testing ==
-Please find and report [[bugs]]. If you are envolved in testing, you should generally build odamex in [[debug]] mode and run it from within a [[debugger]]. Should you experience a [[crash]], you should file a bug that includes the complete call stack (backtrace).
 == Views ==
-Our community is strongly against [[cheating]].
+First and foremost, our community is strongly against [[cheating]].
+Secondly, we are against the "big brother" mentality. Our reach and authority only applies to the services we provide. The Odamex team is not interested in policing every server, nor are we interested in micromanaging every little bit of use of our products. It is thanks to the individuals that volunteer their time that we are able to offer what we do for you, the player.
+We are for transparency, open discussion and understanding of issues, and we are always willing to discuss them rationally if a problem happens to arise.