Thanks Myrle ! Regards, Vishwas
> On Sep 15, 2017, at 12:20 AM, Myrle Krantz <my...@apache.org> wrote: > > Ed and vishwas, > > I've filed an Infra ticket to request moderation privileges for both of you. > > Here: > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA-15089 > > Moderation is done via a klugy email interface. Instructions on how > to use ezmlm to moderate once you have those privileges can be found > here: > https://reference.apache.org/pmc/ml > > Regards, > Myrle > > > On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 6:43 PM, vishwas > <vish...@confluxtechnologies.com> wrote: >> Hello All, >> >>>>> 1.) Are you doing something that only you are doing, and that you >>>>> believe should be shared more widely? >> >> No >> >>>>> 2.) What are the reasons why you aren't doing one of the activities on >>>>> our "bottleneck" list? >> >> I am currently focusing on a few other things I really want to do and would >> not be able to take up time consuming activity like reviewing pull requests. >> >> I would be happy to help with moderating lists though. >> >> Regards, >> Vishwas >> >> >> >>> On Aug 31, 2017, at 9:05 AM, Gaurav Saini <gauravsain...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hello Myrle, >>> >>> Sorry for delayed reply. Below are my answers >>> >>> On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 6:57 PM, Myrle Krantz <my...@apache.org> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Fineracters, >>>> >>>> There are 9 PMC members who have not responded (8 if we excuse >>>> Nazeer). As a reminder, the questions are: >>>> >>>> 1.) Are you doing something that only you are doing, and that you >>>> believe should be shared more widely? >>>> >>> >>> No >>> >>> >>>> 2.) What are the reasons why you aren't merging PRs or helping out >>>> with releases? >>>> >>>> >>> My main expertise was on frontend mainly, but recently after looking in >>> Fineract CN I am really interested to get started with Fineract CN. >>> >>> Also, I saw that new Fineract CN has a frontend project based on >>> typescript, material so I am really to interested to contribute on that >>> right now also. >>> >>> Thanks >>> Gaurav >>> >>> >>>> I would appreciate a response. You might also want to say, "I'm too >>>> busy right now", or "I'm waiting for Fineract CN", or "I've lost >>>> confidence that the project can help me achieve my goals". If that's >>>> the case, then it is important information too. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Myrle Krantz >>>> >>>> On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 10:06 AM, Myrle Krantz <my...@apache.org> wrote: >>>>> Hi all, >>>>> >>>>> We have an awesome community. In particular, we've been very good at >>>>> responding to people's request for help getting Fineract working for >>>>> their use cases. But we also have some things we need to work on. >>>>> >>>>> Specifically we have several bottlenecks in our community: >>>>> >>>>> 1.) Only Nazeer is merging PR's. >>>>> 2.) Only Nazeer is serving as a release manager. >>>>> 3.) Only Myrle is moderating the lists (apart from the mentors who >>>>> will eventually step out). >>>>> >>>>> This is called "having a truck factor of one", because if a truck hits >>>>> one of us (or if we win the lottery and decide never to do anything >>>>> for Fineract again), then the entire project would fail (1). This is >>>>> already causing us problems in some areas: for example our PR's are >>>>> backed up >>>>> >>>>> I'm not writing this to lecture anyone. I know there are reasons for >>>>> the way things are. That doesn't mean we should just accept it >>>>> though. >>>>> >>>>> Let's start by improving our understanding of the problem. Would each >>>>> committer please say: >>>>> 1.) Are you doing something that only you are doing, and that you >>>>> believe should be shared more widely? >>>>> 2.) What are the reasons why you aren't doing one of the activities on >>>>> our "bottleneck" list? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I'll start: >>>>> 1.) List moderation. >>>>> 2.) I'm not merging PR's because I'm not sufficiently familiar with >>>>> the current generation Fineract code to feel comfortable evaluating >>>>> those PR's. I'm not serving as a release manager, because I don't >>>>> have enough insight into when we are release-ready, and because there >>>>> are several pieces of technical knowledge I'd need to acquire to be a >>>>> release manager which I don't yet have. For these reasons, I've >>>>> chosen to focus my energies on Fineract CN instead. >>>>> >>>>> Best Regards, >>>>> Myrle Krantz >>>>> >>>>> P.S. After we have a list of causes, I'll initiate a round of >>>>> discussion about how we can resolve the causes. >>>>> >>>>> 1.) http://www.agileadvice.com/2005/05/15/agilemanagement/truck-factor/ >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Regards, >>> *Gaurav Saini* >>
