On Thu, 2006-07-06 at 09:43 -0400, Alex Karasulu wrote: > The number of active committers on Apache Directory Server is dwindling > and we have many areas where a single developer has been working alone. > Some email threads have tried to address the issue of the lack of enough > committers in specific areas: see threads [0] & [1]. I seem to have had a ringside seat on these. Apologies if I contributed adversely to causing a break.
> So we are > suffering mostly in the following areas: > > o OSGi effort, Would help out all I can to move this forward. Unfortunately the OSGi effort is an effort that requires a big picture view of ADS internals and project direction. My ignorance of both has impeded my efforts to help with much with the OSGi effort to date. > For this I personally will start conducting some classes and > preparing materials for those interested in learning about the internals > of the server on some interactive medium. The materials for these > classes can also serve as a documentation update for our website so > others can follow these trails. Would look forward to these internals classes and documentation. > > As for new committers, I think we need to lower the barrier for > committership while safely integrating these committers into our > committer base. One key need is to provide the proper guidance while > reviewing their activity. Up to now we've been getting several > contributions and many are just collecting up in JIRA. Yes, although most of the OSGi related issues I added were not commented on by active comitters, I felt it best to just get them in to JIRA to notify anyone else attempting to work with ADS and OSGi about what problems and issues they may encounter. > > Possible Drawbacks > ================== > > o Needs some upfront initiative. > o More process to deal with? > o Will probies feel like second class committers? Are there social > ramifications? Of course by definition they are just that. But that is okay! IMO 'second class committer' or 'mentored committer' sounds better than 'probie';-) > Thoughts? Comments? Would be happy to help out the ADS effort anyway I can. - John
