I've started that here: http://wiki.apache.org/cordova/BecomingACommitter
Cordova community: we should hash this out. Discuss here/contribute to the article! On 3/23/12 10:26 AM, "Jukka Zitting" <jukka.zitt...@gmail.com> wrote: >Hi, > >On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 6:09 PM, Filip Maj <f...@adobe.com> wrote: >> I'm confused as to why we have to have *any* barriers to entry, >>especially >> if the community votes on committership anyways. >> >> I would be a fan of a "if x people vote +1, and no one voted -1, let the >> person in" mentality. >> >> What downsides does this approach pose? > >It should be fine as long as the same criteria is applied to all >members of the community. We don't want a situation where only one of >two otherwise identical community members gets nominated and voted in >while the other is either not nominated in the first place or rejected >with a -1 vote. Having the expected level of contribution (even if >it's just "show up on the mailing list and ask to be given commit >access") written down somewhere as Ross suggested helps prevent this >problem. > >Note also that by granting someone membership in the (P)PMC, you also >give them veto power [1] over all code changes. That's not necessarily >a problem, just something to take in to account when inviting new >people. > >[1] http://www.apache.org/foundation/voting.html#Veto > >BR, > >Jukka Zitting
