Geir Magnusson wrote: > > Costin, I trust your work on the servlet container. > > That doesn't mean I trust you with everything. To be frank, I do trust you > with most things you choose to participate in, but it's not because you are > a 'Jakarta Committer'. It's because I know you and your work. > > Similarly, I don't know what (or if) you trust me for (I doubt you use > Velocity :), but if there was something, I wouldn't expect it was because I > am a 'Jakarta Committer'.
There was a period of time when I was darn near the only committer in Ant. While I am still listed as a bona fide committer to that subproject, and still commit directly on rare occasions when I feel fairly confident of what change is required, I more often tell people of issues, and would even consider sending a patch to be discussed. I believe I am trusted by that community not because of my technical expertise, but because of my judgement. In other words, I can generally be trusted to not express a binding vote on matters that others clearly know more about than I do. And I have a track record of participating in the solutions when I do express a vote. I have worked along side Costin on Tomcat 3.x.. To my knowledge he has no specific expertise in SOAP or in the Axis code base. If he had a change he wanted to make there, I would trust his judgement. Besides, I know the cvs commands to back out a change. ;-) On the other hand, if (hypothetically) Costin wanted to veto a change in axis that Glen Daniels (the most active committer at the present time) thought was important, I'm not sure what I would do. This discussion has challenged a number of assumptions that I have had for a while. I'm not sure that I have yet formulated a clear new world view. - Sam Ruby -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
