Thanks ;-) I look forward to helping out. Jeff
Andrus Adamchik wrote: > Jeff, > > True, our project is different from a brand new incubating project in > that we have a team and a product. This discussion made this distinction > clear to me, as I kept wondering about how casually people ask to become > a committer on the incubator list ... this of course would make sense > for the *new* new projects. > > See you on Jira. Not sure if you are subscribed to the dev list, > probably a good idea when we start discussing technical issues. > > Cheers, > Andrus > > > > > > Begin forwarded message: >> From: Jeff Genender <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: March 24, 2006 7:18:01 PM GMT+03:00 >> To: Andrus Adamchik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: Re: Fwd: Committer status for Jeff Genender >> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> Andrus, >> >> No problem here. My thoughts about the committership were definitely >> not to break the rules of meritocracy, and I surely hope I did not give >> that impression. >> >> My thoughts were the opportunity of Apache incubation where w/in that >> time period, you have the ability to add on Apache people to help out >> from a committership perspective. This is a common thing at Apache, >> where when a project comes in through the incubator, other Apache >> committers may show an interest in a project and ask to become a part, >> and you are able to put together a team of Apache and non-Apache people. >> So I was really just taking the opportunity to take advantage of this >> time to expedite my ability to help out. >> >> Nevertheless, I am pleased you have such a strong community that cares >> about knowing all of the developers. This is great, so yes, please >> allow me the ability to submit patches and such and earn my way in. I >> think this is the best way to get on board, especially from a community >> perspective...and its the Apache way ;-) >> >> Feel free to share this with the rest of the Cayenne team. >> >> Thanks for yours, and your team's consideration..and see you on JIRA ;-) >> >> Jeff >> >> Andrus Adamchik wrote: >>> >>> >>> Begin forwarded message: >>> >>>> From: Andrus Adamchik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> Date: March 24, 2006 5:41:21 PM GMT+03:00 >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: Re: Committer status for Jeff Genender >>>> >>>> You are right, I have to concede that I started the vote too early >>>> (too eager to get the JPA stuff going I guess :-)). So let's consider >>>> this a discussion thread, and postpone the vote till we come to some >>>> consensus. >>>> >>>> Basically there is a dilemma that we need to solve. Jeff hasn't >>>> contributed to Cayenne before and thus giving him committer status >>>> right now would be against our normal practice. On the other hand he >>>> volunteered to do work in the very important area, and we should >>>> figure out a good way to do that. >>>> >>>> So while trust my instincts that this cooperation will work out well, >>>> bending the rules is not a good idea. So maybe start with Jira >>>> patches, and do the committer vote after we learn more about Jeff and >>>> Jeff learns more about Cayenne?? >>>> >>>> What's everyone's thoughts on that? >>>> >>>> Andrus >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mar 24, 2006, at 5:17 PM, Kevin Menard wrote: >>>> >>>>> I'm not sure how to word this delicately, so I'll just go bluntly >>>>> instead. >>>>> The problem is that I've never heard of Jeff. Indeed, a quick search >>>>> through my local archive of the dev and user lists, going back about >>>>> a year, >>>>> show nothing from Jeff at all. So, while he may be very qualified, I >>>>> unfortunately have no way to gauge that. Perhaps a mini-bio would be >>>>> appropriate. Activity in the Cayenne community would be better. >>>>> >>>>> On the other hand, Andrus has given it his blessing. As Andrus has >>>>> done a >>>>> pretty good job steering the project thus far and he is the primary >>>>> contributor, his endorsement means a lot. >>>>> >>>>> In any event, I'm all for building up relations with other projects. >>>>> I just >>>>> don't have enough information to give this a thumbs up. >>>>> >>>>> So for now: >>>>> >>>>> Kevin Menard: -0 (binding) >>>>> >>>>> Although, I'm a pretty open-minded person. If my concerns can be >>>>> addressed >>>>> in a reasonable manner, I have no qualms about changing my vote. >>>>> >>>>> --Kevin >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 3/24/06 7:28 AM, "Andrus Adamchik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Folks, >>>>>> >>>>>> Jeff Genender asked if he can become a Cayenne committer. He is an >>>>>> Apache committer (OpenEJB and Geronimo) and wants to help us with the >>>>>> JPA effort and integration with Geronimo. IMO it is great that we are >>>>>> finding synergies with Geronimo community, so I am excited about Jeff >>>>>> coming on board. >>>>>> >>>>>> My +1. >>>>>> >>>>>> Andrus >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>
