Thank you Kevin! That's really good advice. What do other guys think? Please let me know. :)
Zhang Wenli http://zhangwenli.com On Wed, Nov 7, 2018 at 3:53 AM Kevin A. McGrail <kmcgr...@apache.org> wrote: > I would recommend you look towards what you can do to: > > A) encourage people who are not coders to contribute. Right now, you only > cover coders. Bug management, graphics, documentation, testing, etc. are > all necessary. > > B) Consider a lower bar towards entry. For example, the SVN project allows > anyone who is a committer on another project to commit. I'm not saying > that broad but right now, I think you want to encourage people who have > high quality but low volume commits still. > > Regards, > KAM > > > -- > Kevin A. McGrail > VP Fundraising, Apache Software Foundation > Chair Emeritus Apache SpamAssassin Project > https://www.linkedin.com/in/kmcgrail - 703.798.0171 > > > On Sun, Nov 4, 2018 at 7:15 AM Wenli Zhang <oviliazh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > As you can see, we have several new contributors making PRs for our > > project. > > And here we'd like to discuss what criteria is requested for one to > become > > a committer. > > > > Here are some of my suggestions to start with: > > > > 1. We can set a minimum number for required PRs merged or issues > > contributed. And we need to discuss the amount for them. How about 3 > merged > > PRs and 10 issues? > > As for the definition of *issues contributed*, I think they should report > > to us those issues that they think they've helped or made a progress, and > > let us judge. > > > > 2. I'd suggest candidates send an email for application (maybe to the > > private mailing list) and mention the links of their PRs or solved issues > > or other contributions (like document fixing, suggestions and etc.). If > you > > guys agree on this, we shall put a notice about the details on our > website > > or GitHub about how to apply. > > > > 3. The quality is even more important, so this should probably also be > > assessed by us. > > > > 4. Another requirement I think necessary is the commitment to contribute, > > which may be in the form of making more PRs or fixing document errors, or > > answering issue problems. > > > > 5. After an offline discussion with Dave, Shen Yi and Su Shuang, we think > > it is necessary to require those new committers to make PR before their > > commits are merged. It's a safer way to make sure our code is at its best > > state. > > > > Please feel free to share your opinions on this topic! > > And looking forward to having new committers. :) > > > > Zhang Wenli > > http://zhangwenli.com > > >
