Ross Gardler wrote: > I also agree. It would be interesting to hear Anils take on this since > some projects have given their GSoC people "simple committership". I > did check with Anil that he understood why we were not doing that, but > it was a private discussion so I don't want to repeat his words. > > Anil, perhaps you can give us a sentence or two on your take on this. > Do you feel that it would be better for you to have simple > committership or to work, as you are doing. > > Ross > I agree that everyone should have to follow the same track. In my case, even though other GSoC people have gotten "simple commitership", I don't think that such a privilege is necessary for me to work.
As I understand it, part of the GSoC experience was not only writing code but getting to know how an open source community works. In such a case, part of my learning experience is how someone can start from the ground up, contributing to a project and building from there. If I was give "simple commitership", it would have been because I was part of GSoC and not because of the contributions that I was making. I would have missed a step (probably one of the most important ones) in the community. Without the simple commitership, it means that I am earning my place in the community just like everyone else. Anil
