Team Leader + Access

[Merc248]

Well... It seems like I keep coming back to this forum for advice on leading a mod.

I've just let go of one of my coders due to him giving more access to the CVS repository than me - I had access to only the compiled art/code and uncompiled art sections, while he had root access to the box that was hosting the CVS server as well as full access to the code, documentation, and compiled art/code. I wanted full access to every part of the repository so that I could organize every section as well as edit some of the code to fix some bugs in the current build. After an argument over CVS access, he resigns. I would've hoped for this to go much more smoothly.

Anyway, I ask you guys this question: is it at all ethical to have complete access to the repository of game content as team leader? Or should the team leader be limited on what he can access as well? My opinion is that the team leader, at least for the earlier parts of development, should have full access in order to coordinate the team and portions of the mod better.

 

[Reven]

i think that the leader SHOULD have full access....

/me makes joke about W. Bush and nukes..

 

[Majestic XII]

Coders think they are gods, They will go all 10 year old if you go against them...

especially onions

 

[chapel]

I personally think team leaders should have access to all resourses, they are the leader and in fact need to have that access. Its one thing if a leader isnt worthy and screws things up, but its another when the leader wishes to do his job, and make the project run smoother that hes not given said access.

 

[ComradeBadger]

I personally think team leaders should have access to all resourses, they are the leader and in fact need to have that access. Its one thing if a leader isnt worthy and screws things up, but its another when the leader wishes to do his job, and make the project run smoother that hes not given said access.

Yeah, thats true. You should lay down the law.

 

[babywax]

Of course, he could see that as his space, and he doesn't want someone going in and reorganizing it all the time. Moving all his stuff and changing his code without him knowing, sure, you should have access to most stuff, but it could go either way depending on how you think of it.

 

[Farrowlesparrow]

Sounds like a livin couple...

I myself being a mapper and currently in a project am..uh..are, hmm. Im no use to you.

"Codders think they are Gods" i can see that, they are like the lead singers in bands and mappers are like the drummers. You need drummers but they arent "real" musicians. Ah well...

 

[Argyll]

Of course the leader should have access to everything. Shouldn't be questionable.

 

[Merc248]

Good thing that I've caught this then... I don't want to imagine what could have happened if this was further in development.

 

[ComradeBadger]

Yep. Best get rid of problems now, when it hasn't got to complex. I learned that lesson...

 

[Submerge]

knowing u merc, i doubt that's what happened :farmer: