I don't like "maintainer" here, a PMC member has a LOT more responsibility than the name implies IMO.
"Maintainer" and "Contributor" feel almost interchangeable where a contributor might be a one-off and a maintainer more active. But we're splitting hair here IMO. Gary On Sat, Mar 23, 2024 at 3:17 PM Craig Russell <apache....@gmail.com> wrote: > > I totally get the problem. I think if we can find a suitable title for PMC > Member we could socialize it in a few years. Should have done this years ago. > > But "Maintainer" does not do it for me. Keep looking... > > Craig > > > On Mar 23, 2024, at 01:47, tison <wander4...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > Random thought. > > > > You may find people not a native English speaker keep calling a PMC Member > > of Apache Foo "Foo PMC". > > > > We correct it so many times and spread the knowledge on list. But the trend > > I observed doesn't change and IMO it's hopeless to change. > > > > Since people tend to use a short ref and "committer" gives a one-word > > identifier first image, I'm trying to propose officially alias "PMC Member" > > as "Maintainer" so that our wording is aligned. > > > > What do you think? > > > > Best, > > tison. > > Craig L Russell > c...@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
