Jean T. Anderson wrote: > derby-dev seems to have developed a curious habit of sometimes naming > specific individuals in the subject line of posts. I find it a bit > jarring and suggest that we stop doing this. --Feel free to disagree and > post so we can discuss.
+1 It's very much not the Apache way. > Naming somebody directly in the subject might inhibit others from > contributing, thinking that somehow the named individual "owns" that > topic. Even if that individual *does* own some aspect of that topic, for > example is a known subject matter expert or has assigned him or herself > to a Jira issue, then it might make that individual feel cornered. No-one owns anything at Apache. Even if someone has assigned themselves a Jira issue someone else can always work on that item, submit a different patch etc. Of course it's better if we collaborate so that there are not competing patches, open communication helps here. Dan.
