On 12/2/05, Phil Steitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One other comment that I have on the issue of voting on releases is > that the core problem here is lack of component-committed volunteers, > IMHO. I remember a couple of years back when we discussed whose votes > were binding on component releases. Hen made the interesting comment > that he felt that committers not working on the component should vote > and their votes were as important / even more important than those of > the project team. We have now devolved to the point where without > these votes, we will in some cases not be able to get 3 binding +1's. > This is not good. Somehow we have to reengage as Rahul pointed out at > the top of this thread. It might be a good idea for each of us to > take stock of the components that we can really +1 releases for (in > Neil's sense) and then see where the gaps are. By "us" I mean the > whole community. Anyone who is willing to review releases, respond to > bug reports, answer user questions, submit patches, or improve docs is > encouraged to step up. We need help!
I agree and I have sympathy where theres one or two active developers working hard and keen to put something out, but short of a +1. That was the case for me on Validator recently - luckily Stephen Colebourne pitched in to check out the release and throw in a +1. I'm prepared to add one more to my list and "adopt a component" (in the new year) - not to develop, but just to get to know the code and offer opionions and release review (maybe support). > I will start. All I can really support right now are [math], [lang], > [collections] in commons proper and [id] in sandbox. One day when I > have more time and courage, I would like to jump into [beanutils] to > help save it from drowning under unresolved bugs and both [functor] > and [graph2] in the sandbox (possibly absorbing one or both into > [math]), but for now the four above are all I can really stay on top > of. Currently I'm a commiter for validator, resources and beanutils. I monitor (and know) chain and would pitch in readily, if needed. Theres a couple of others I'm a user of and keep an eye on (fileupload, digester, logging). > To record this kind of info, we might add a list of active volunteers > to the Wiki page for each component. Does this sound like a good > idea? +1 maybe with a "level" people are prepared to do, including "adopted". Although how about one wiki page for all components - that would make it easy to see where the "gaps" are for components that need additional support. Niall --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
