news <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 23/10/2002 05:45:15 AM: > We already have a line in our charter about having a jakarta-commons > specific PMC. Right now it is modeled after jakarta, with 3 > members. > > I would like to propose changing this number to include more > people - I think the right solution is more closer to what httpd > and apr projects are doing, where the PMC is composed of most > active commiters. > > My proposal is to modify the charter so that a jakarta-commons PMC > is composed of all active commiters. This will be volunteer-based, > in the sense that any active commiter who wants to become > part of the PMC will announce his willingness to participate. +1.
> Questions: > - should we vote on the volunteering offer ? What is httpd doing ? Sure, and don't know. > - Should we impose a 2-3 month wait period for new commiters ? -0. I'd rather not. We can let people know when they're overstepping the bounds fairly easily. > - should the pmc have a separate mail list ? ( I personally don't > think so - but that's how other pmcs are organised ) -1. > The commons PMC members will split the task of monitoring the > files. All decisions will continue to be taken by majority > vote of all jakarta-commons commiters. > > Not that this is not a proposal to form a top-level project - > just to better organise ourself. Jakarta-commons is IMO at the > core of jakarta - with the most diverse set of commiters from > almost all jakarta projects. Any major issue will be forwarded > to the Jakarta PMC. Excellent ideas. -- dIon Gillard, Multitask Consulting Work: http://www.multitask.com.au Developers: http://adslgateway.multitask.com.au/developers -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:commons-dev-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:commons-dev-help@;jakarta.apache.org>
