Re: [VOTE] New Committer Dan Sandberg

2002-05-24 Thread costinm
That leaves me perplexed for several reasons... First, it's the first time I see a commiter rejected - without any reference to the quality and importance of his contribution, but some new member's standard we don't know about. Dan put the SSI system in a decent shape, that's similar with the

Re: [VOTE] New Committer Dan Sandberg

2002-05-24 Thread Pier Fumagalli
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That leaves me perplexed for several reasons... First, it's the first time I see a commiter rejected - without any reference to the quality and importance of his contribution, but some new member's standard we don't know about. Dan put the SSI

Re: EJB = bad = MS.net

2002-05-24 Thread @Basebeans.com
Subject: Re: EJB = bad = MS.net From: Vic C [EMAIL PROTECTED] === http://www.softwarereality.com/programming/ejb/EJB_101Damnations.pdf Daniel Rall wrote: Aaron Smuts [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: So, I'm driven to a bit of exaggeration and overstatement at times especially when criticizing

Re: [VOTE] New Committer Dan Sandberg

2002-05-24 Thread Pier Fumagalli
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 24 May 2002, Andrew C. Oliver wrote: Personally, I feel this discussion belongs solely on the tomcat list and is up to the committers of Tomcat to resolve. If the Tomcat community feels the bar should be raised, let them raise it. If

Re: [VOTE] New Committer Dan Sandberg

2002-05-24 Thread Michael A. Smith
On Fri, 24 May 2002, Pier Fumagalli wrote: It is of general interest (IMO) because becoming a committer entitles you not only to a little peaceful heaven in your own little project, but entitles you (and, frankly, obliges you) to be a part of the Jakarta Community at large. You will be given

Re: [VOTE] New Committer Dan Sandberg

2002-05-24 Thread Pier Fumagalli
Leo Simons [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I believe we deserve some explanation from the 'members', I'm quite unhappy about this whole issue. If there are some new quantitative standards for becoming a commiter ( or a member ) we should know about. The ASF members didn't impose any standard.

Re: [VOTE] New Committer Dan Sandberg

2002-05-24 Thread Andrew C. Oliver
What I said was but I believe that this group (as noted on the members meeting this Tuesday) is giving away committer privileges a little bit too easily... I don't think that sound like this is a resolution passed by members or this is a guideline given at that meeting... To me it sounds like

RE: [VOTE] New Committer Dan Sandberg

2002-05-24 Thread Danny Angus
I'm sorry, but I believe that any time a new committer is made, we _need_ to put some thought in what we're giving away, we're not just letting a guy commit to our CVS server... +1 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL

Re: [VOTE] New Committer Dan Sandberg

2002-05-24 Thread Kurt Schrader
On Fri, 24 May 2002, Andrew C. Oliver wrote: And at large, it entitles you to have an @apache.org email address, to have access to our live servers, entitles you to be a part of the whole Apache family... you're point being? I think that the point is that when you gain an @apache.org

Re: Criteria for commit access

2002-05-24 Thread Pier Fumagalli
Andrew C. Oliver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What I said was but I believe that this group (as noted on the members meeting this Tuesday) is giving away committer privileges a little bit too easily... I don't think that sound like this is a resolution passed by members or this is a guideline

Re: Criteria for commit access

2002-05-24 Thread Andrew C. Oliver
That's what I did... I posted my -1 over there, detailed why, and I'm waiting for someone to write me back something about it... So far, nothing worth making me change my vote (meaning, nothing more than what was already there). So that means its vetoed...what's your beef? No, my vote is

Re: Criteria for commit access

2002-05-24 Thread Pier Fumagalli
Andrew C. Oliver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's what I did... I posted my -1 over there, detailed why, and I'm waiting for someone to write me back something about it... So far, nothing worth making me change my vote (meaning, nothing more than what was already there). So that means its

Re: Criteria for commit access

2002-05-24 Thread Leo Simons
Just one question, have you ever voted -1 on a committer? (and not just to you, but to every committer on this list). I've abstained, informally (off-list, that is) from voting, once. The guy in question had been active in a part of our project but I hadn't been following on that at all, so I

Re: Criteria for commit access

2002-05-24 Thread Andrew C. Oliver
Andy, not everyone grew up in Texas! :) I don't eat beef anymore (you know mad-cow disease and smallpox in the UK) Dern Europeans ain' speaking proper 'merican. Anyhow, just wait around and you'll catch me speaking Spanish too. I do not think the PMC should intervene just because

Re: Criteria for commit access

2002-05-24 Thread Pier Fumagalli
Andrew C. Oliver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Andy, not everyone grew up in Texas! :) I don't eat beef anymore (you know mad-cow disease and smallpox in the UK) Dern Europeans ain' speaking proper 'merican. Anyhow, just wait around and you'll catch me speaking Spanish too. No estas problema,

Re: Criteria for commit access

2002-05-24 Thread costinm
On Fri, 24 May 2002, Pier Fumagalli wrote: Right but it should be up to ya'll tomcatters to work out your standards amonst yerselves. Thats my only issue. Nope, because if I vote a committer in, I give him access to the Tomcat CVS repo, but I also entitle him to vote for the friggin'

Re: Criteria for commit access

2002-05-24 Thread Sam Ruby
Costin Manolache wrote: If one quarter of the new commiters make 1/2 the contributions that people like Sam Ruby did - I'm quite happy. As Mark Twain once said The rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated. - Sam Ruby -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For

Re: Criteria for commit access

2002-05-24 Thread Geir Magnusson Jr.
On 5/24/02 5:28 PM, Sam Ruby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Costin Manolache wrote: If one quarter of the new commiters make 1/2 the contributions that people like Sam Ruby did - I'm quite happy. As Mark Twain once said The rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated. But he only said

Re: Criteria for commit access

2002-05-24 Thread costinm
On Fri, 24 May 2002, Sam Ruby wrote: Costin Manolache wrote: If one quarter of the new commiters make 1/2 the contributions that people like Sam Ruby did - I'm quite happy. As Mark Twain once said The rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated. Sorry for picking your name as

Re: Criteria for commit access

2002-05-24 Thread Sam Ruby
Costin Manolache wrote: If one quarter of the new commiters make 1/2 the contributions that people like Sam Ruby did - I'm quite happy. As Mark Twain once said The rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated. Sorry for picking your name as an example tomcat commiter - you are just

Re: Criteria for commit access

2002-05-24 Thread Andrew C. Oliver
* Perhaps a more fruitful topic for us to explore is when to retire committer status due to inactivity. Pier is one of the few to do this explicitly. I have done it a bit more implicitly - including submitting patches to projects that I am officially a committer to. yes. I recommend

Re: Criteria for commit access

2002-05-24 Thread costinm
On Fri, 24 May 2002, Sam Ruby wrote: You hadn't qualified your statement to Tomcat, and I was just teasing about your use of past tense. ;-) All those foreigners who can't learn the proper English grammar and spelling :-) * Deciding when to convert a developer into a commiter is a balance

Re: Criteria for commit access

2002-05-24 Thread costinm
BTW, one idea ( not mine ) would be to have a separate and private list for each project with _only_ the comitters. The proposals for new commiters should be done on that list, not on the public list. I don't know what Dan feels about this whole topic, but I wouldn't take it very well.

[PROPOSAL] Committer access and responsibilities...

2002-05-24 Thread Pier Fumagalli
Chatted with a lot of people, seen many, different development models, went around, asked, talked, and I believe I have a pretty decent picture, and maybe even a solution... So the major topic of discussion is that I perceive a substantial difference between being able to commit code to a CVS

FW: http://jakarta.apache.org/site/cvsindex.html

2002-05-24 Thread Pier Fumagalli
FYI! :) Pier -- Forwarded Message From: Cliff Woolley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 18:33:54 -0400 (EDT) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: http://jakarta.apache.org/site/cvsindex.html Don't know which list to send this to, but I figured you guys were probably as appropriate an

Re: Criteria for commit access

2002-05-24 Thread Ceki Gülcü
At 18:31 24.05.2002 -0400, Sam Ruby wrote: * Perhaps a more fruitful topic for us to explore is when to retire committer status due to inactivity. Pier is one of the few to do this explicitly. I have done it a bit more implicitly - including submitting patches to projects that I am officially

Re: Criteria for commit access

2002-05-24 Thread Pier Fumagalli
Sam Ruby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Overall, my feelings on the subject are: * Deciding when to convert a developer into a commiter is a balance that each project/subproject will need to determine for itself. My feeling as well... The subject of my discussion was to get somewhere else, but

Re: Criteria for commit access

2002-05-24 Thread Pier Fumagalli
Andrew C. Oliver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * Perhaps a more fruitful topic for us to explore is when to retire committer status due to inactivity. Pier is one of the few to do this explicitly. I have done it a bit more implicitly - including submitting patches to projects that I am

Re: Criteria for commit access

2002-05-24 Thread John McNally
The site docs say it can happen after 6 months of inactivity. Though I can't seem to find the location atm. My question is how does it happen? john mcnally On Fri, 2002-05-24 at 16:39, Pier Fumagalli wrote: Andrew C. Oliver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * Perhaps a more fruitful topic for

Re: Criteria for commit access

2002-05-24 Thread John McNally
On Fri, 2002-05-24 at 17:06, John McNally wrote: The site docs say it can happen after 6 months of inactivity. Though I can't seem to find the location atm. http://jakarta.apache.org/site/roles.html My question is how does it happen? john mcnally -- To unsubscribe, e-mail:

Re: Criteria for commit access

2002-05-24 Thread Andrew C. Oliver
In truthit doesn't. On Fri, 2002-05-24 at 20:18, John McNally wrote: On Fri, 2002-05-24 at 17:06, John McNally wrote: The site docs say it can happen after 6 months of inactivity. Though I can't seem to find the location atm. http://jakarta.apache.org/site/roles.html My

Re: [PROPOSAL] Committer access and responsibilities...

2002-05-24 Thread Henri Yandell
+1. Another example if I could. The job role of 'Java admin' is growing more and more at companies. Developers shouldn't be adminning things, but would you have your unix or oracle admin be the admin of the Java side with zero Java knowledge? Jakarta houses the 'Java' community at Apache but

Re: [PROPOSAL] Committer access and responsibilities...

2002-05-24 Thread Andrew C. Oliver
-1, its not broken, it worked. I see little reason to fix it. On Fri, 2002-05-24 at 21:11, Henri Yandell wrote: +1. Another example if I could. The job role of 'Java admin' is growing more and more at companies. Developers shouldn't be adminning things, but would you have your unix or

Re: [PROPOSAL] Committer access and responsibilities...

2002-05-24 Thread costinm
-1 If someone doesn't want to be involved in the voting - he can do exaclty that, abstain. If someone doesn't want to support a particular release - he can abstain from the release vote( or vote +-0 ). If you spend time and write code for a project and are willing to maintain/support - and if

Re: [PROPOSAL] Committer access and responsibilities...

2002-05-24 Thread Pier Fumagalli
Henri Yandell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: +1. Another example if I could. The job role of 'Java admin' is growing more and more at companies. Developers shouldn't be adminning things, but would you have your unix or oracle admin be the admin of the Java side with zero Java knowledge?

Re: [PROPOSAL] Committer access and responsibilities...

2002-05-24 Thread Pier Fumagalli
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I do agree ( and I advocated for this a lot ) on lowering ( or eliminating) the walls between projects, so jakarta commiters can commit code in any jakarta project ( subject to the normal project rules ). Some people didn't agree with that even for

welcoming and nurturing volunteers

2002-05-24 Thread Sam Ruby
http://www.libertyforall.net/2002/archive/do-ocracy.html - Sam Ruby -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [PROPOSAL] Committer access and responsibilities...

2002-05-24 Thread costinm
On Sat, 25 May 2002, Pier Fumagalli wrote: If you are a commiter - you have the same rights with all other commiters. If you don't want to exercise some rights - it's your choice. Hola, you tend to forget a part I'm stressing out quite hardly... It's not only rights... It's also dues,

RE: [PROPOSAL] Committer access and responsibilities...

2002-05-24 Thread Tim Vernum
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] If you are a commiter - you have the same rights with all other commiters. If you don't want to exercise some rights - it's your choice. But it's not just about exercising rights, it's also about granting rights. At the moment, you