I was responding to a previous message from Greg Chase: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/34f2f4859aac61141cfe903a692c5806e50282eb6ca388a7f8959d35@%3Cdev.community.apache.org%3E
but perhaps I read too much into his remark "As a frequent non-code contributor to several projects, having people like us as PMC (or PPMC) members seems to do the trick." --- A. Soroka The University of Virginia Library > On Oct 14, 2016, at 10:08 AM, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 14 October 2016 at 12:16, A. Soroka <aj...@virginia.edu> wrote: >> Thanks, community thinkers! >> >> The consensus is overwhelming for being generous with committer status. >> >> (Additionally, just as a point of record, it seems that at least some >> projects are indeed giving PMC membership without committer status, so that >> does seem to be reasonable Apache-fu, when appropriate.) > > I'm not sure what you mean by "committer status" here. > > To become a PMC member currently requires an ASF login and this > automatically gives committer karma on many projects. > To get an ASF login requires an ICLA. > > AIUI there are no plans to relax these requirements. > >> --- >> A. Soroka >> The University of Virginia Library >> >>> On Oct 13, 2016, at 9:30 PM, Shane Curcuru <a...@shanecurcuru.org> wrote: >>> >>> Luciano Resende wrote on 10/13/16 9:20 PM: >>>> On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 6:06 PM, Rich Bowen <rbo...@rcbowen.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Oct 13, 2016 12:26, "Daniel Gruno" <humbed...@apache.org> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Top-posting because yay ponies! >>>>>> We've elected people committers in HTTPd solely due to them helping out >>>>>> on IRC. There is no rule that says you must write aaaaanything down in a >>>>>> file (code or documentation or otherwise) to become a committer :) >>>>>> >>>>>> Any contribution can count towards merit. >>>>> >>>>> Also, more than one person who was made a docs committer on httpd went on >>>>> to make small code contributions. And some not so small. Point being, when >>>>> you extend trust, most people will rise to that level. >>>>> >>>>> I'm a strong believer in handing out commit early and easy. If someone >>>>> breaks something, revert it. No harm done. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> +1, I just wished some of the existing projects are watching this thread. >>>> >>> This is exactly the kind of helpful guidance that folks should feel free >>> to write content for the ComDev website. Much easier to share when it's >>> at a permanent URL. >>> >>> https://community.apache.org/newbiefaq.html#websitecms >>> >>> And using the CMS, anyone can make suggested changes just from a web >>> browser - even non-committers! >>> >>> - Shane >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org >>> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org
