On Feb 6, 2009, at 1:27 PM, Jan Lehnardt wrote:
Thanks Ted, for the calm words.
On 6 Feb 2009, at 19:20, Ted Leung wrote:
On Feb 6, 2009, at 8:04 AM, Damien Katz wrote:
This may hint at one of my biggest concerns here, the
balkanization of the PMC from the rest of the community. I don't
think I've ever seen a project where the dividing line between
the PMC and the rest of the community was so often and brightly
drawn.
Please tell me more about this brightly drawn line. We should get
rid of it.
I don't know if this is what Geir means, but there is a lot of use
of the letters PMC in messages on the list. Much more than usual,
in my experience. That may sound like a small thing, but that
kind of small thing, repeated over time, can lead to a highly
stratified community, which is undesirable.
As for my part, I was simply adapting ASF terminology and wrote PMC
where I meant "the individual contributers, Chris, Chris, Damien,
Noah and Jan". In no way I was trying to draw a line or fence
anybody out. Sorry, if things came across that way. I didn't know
"the PMC" is a "red flag" when talking community :)
The only time I've heard PMC mentioned so often seems to be about this
specific issue.
-Damien
