Forum Post: State of 3rd Edition book
... In the spirit of do-ocracy (and not to tread on poor Torsten Berg's toes), here's an initial patch. This typo occurs here at the last paragraph from the commit on 27th February ... (2023-03-13)Forum Reply: [RFC] new feature: diff -p|--prototype
... The proverbial you in this do-ocracy. It's a maintenance burden I am willing to undertake as a contributor to the project. I'm not asking anyone to assume the burden. The code has ... (2022-01-16)Forum Reply: [RFC] new feature: diff -p|--prototype
... That said, if someone wants a Java one, or a Python one, or a this and that one, they can implement it in this do-ocracy. Nonetheless, I'm happy to add it to my ... (2022-01-16)Forum Reply: FossilBook, updated edition
... As Stephan rightfully explains (and as he explained to me when I was first introduced to Warren's perfectly befitting description of Fossil's governance), this is a do-ocracy (when, as Stephan also explained ... (2021-09-16)Forum Reply: FossilBook, updated edition
... FWIW, the fossil project has long been what Warren once dubbed a "do-ocracy." The one who writes the code (or, in this case, the docs and their toolchain) is the one making the decisions ... (2021-09-15)Forum Reply: FOSSIL UV enhancement requests
From george: Can I please have a "commit bit"? It's hard to practice a "do-ocracy" otherwise ;-) (2020-10-30)Forum Reply: Fossil JavaScript Policy - draft document
... Fossil is a do-ocracy: he who does the work makes the rules. To reject the code's origin is to reject its originator. Do you really want Stephan to give up working on Fossil ... (2020-08-20)Forum Reply: Fossil JavaScript Policy - draft document
... The do-ocracy is still a do-ocracy. Here is an imaginary situation with a different set of technologies but a similar problem: Alice: Why do we use pthreads here? The threads are essentially CPU ... (2020-08-20)Forum Reply: UTF-8 BOM and Windows new lines...
... it could in theory use CR LF if someone was to contribute a patch to do that (do-ocracy and all that). Conflict markers are not supposed to be checked in anyway, so there is ... (2020-08-18)Forum Edit reply: UTF-8 BOM and Windows new lines...
... it could in theory use CR LF if someone was to contribute a patch to do that (do-ocracy and all that). Conflict markers are not supposed to be checked in anyway, so there is ... (2020-08-18)Forum Edit reply: UTF-8 BOM and Windows new lines...
... Something in the merge conflict logic is inserting conflict markers followed by LF line endings, where it could in theory use CR LF if someone was to contribute a patch to do that (do-ocracy ... (2020-08-18)Forum Reply: UTF-8 BOM and Windows new lines...
... Something in the merge conflict logic is inserting conflict markers followed by LF line endings, where it could in theory use CR LF if someone was to contribute a patch to do that (do-ocracy ... (2020-08-18)Forum Reply: fossil clone and open at the same time
... and make this single command stand out in fossil --help text? Of course fossil is a do-ocracy so don't take my words as anything more than simple (and perhaps not even very sensible ... (2020-08-06)Forum Reply: FOSSIL UV enhancement requests
... as Warren so elegantly put is, the fossil project is essentially a "do-ocracy," in which the features which get added to it are those which someone "does" (==writes the code for). In other words ... (2020-07-23)Forum Reply: initial empty check-in
... i'm not a fan of that proposal, but as Warren so elegantly put it, fossil is a do-ocracy, so if someone who is itched by the problem implements it then i have no ... (2020-06-19)Forum Reply: RFC about "potentially divisive" but "necessary" addition to style.css handling
... code talks and talk walks, so let me go throw that together. (Warren's recent "fossil is a do-ocracy" comment comes to mind.) Back into to the rabbit hole... (Retirement means there's practically ... (2020-05-17)Forum Reply: RFC: patch manifests (editing via web UI)
... Fossil's a do-ocracy: That's my new favorite word. if someone steps up to maintain a noscript version of the feature, then that's wonderful. If only you are maintaining it, then you ... (2020-05-04)Forum Reply: RFC: patch manifests (editing via web UI)
... Fossil's a do-ocracy: if someone steps up to maintain a noscript version of the feature, then that's wonderful. If only you are maintaining it, then you get to say "I'm only ... (2020-05-04)Forum Reply: Did you intend to delete the link to Jim Schimpf's book?
... A possible slight problem with the do-ocracy mindset here is that there is no "work" a person can do that will "make the rule" that Fossil would be better off without a particular feature ... (2018-08-22)Forum Reply: Did you intend to delete the link to Jim Schimpf's book?
... FOSS is a do-ocracy: he who does the work makes the rules. I've volunteered to do this project, and I've proposed to do it using approach X. You prefer approach Y, so ... (2018-08-10)Forum Reply: Did you intend to delete the link to Jim Schimpf's book?
... I'm trying to be part of a community conversation FOSS is a do-ocracy: he who does the work makes the rules. I've volunteered to do this project, and I've proposed to ... (2018-08-10)