repo request process

[Itamar Heim]

On 01/15/2013 06:58 AM, Karsten 'quaid' Wade wrote:
>> >all "voting" processes are based on emails today (well, other than
>> >patches which go through gerrit).
>> >(we vote on infra on "technical" repo aspects, say here, since this repo
>> >is part of the reports subprojects, same for java-sdk). but for a new
>> >repo/subproject/concept, we actually go through the board mailing list.
> I see where you are going. From the Infra point of view, should we
> decide if a request for a repo is reasonable? Developers know if they
> need them, the Board is the decider if something is outside of a simple
> repo request, such as the net-new repo/subproject/concept you mention.
> By this I mean, I don't think there is any voting to be done by the team.
>
> By the time a request comes to the Infra team, should it already be
> vetted as reasonable and needed?

I think we use common sense and suggest going to board on things which 
aren't a logistical/technical change.