On 2/18/02 5:29 PM, "Ted Husted" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> AFAIK, to have write access to any Apache CVS means being granted an > Apache account. Having an Apache account means that someone is a > Committer. So far, so good. > > I don't believe we should hand a Committer badge to everyone who may > want to work on something an Apache Committer has placed in the sandbox. That isn't what is happening here. > > So, if we're talking about asking Brian to hand someone an Apache > account as a convenience, then I'm -1. Nor is that. > > If we're talking about nominating someone as a Committer because they > have demonstrated they deserve Committer status, that's another matter. > > I would simply suggest that people take Committer nominations very > seriously, and to not nominate people unless they have worked with them, > and observed their qualifications. I agree with this sentiment 100% (and I think we should apply it to commons components, but that's another thread for which I have no time or stomach to revisit). > > One old rule-of-thumb has been whether a person has been persistent, and > been making regular contributions for at least six months. So do we try to follow this rule of thumb here? That would mean quite a number of commons components would still be waiting for the timer to expire before adding people... And further, we just added a whole new subproject based on the say-so of one guy and the fact that some people thought it was 'cool', adding a group of people to be committers that no one knows or has worked with, as far as I can tell... At least Paul, who is working on the code in question, claims to know Vinaysahil, at least implicitly. (And this is a weird situation - note how it's fundamentally a governance issue... Hope we don't punt this time...) geir -- Geir Magnusson Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] System and Software Consulting "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
