On Fri, May 1, 2015 at 8:55 AM, jan i <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > > I would like to ask the community, how is Mentors viewed in this project ? > > - Are we (just) external advisers, that basically check/inform the apache > project about the apache way. > > or > - Are we part of the project, and expected to participate in > discussions/votes etc.
I was hoping you guys would consider the latter. Your collective experience is invaluable around the "Apache Way", but your software development experience is also second to none. > I am happy with both roles, as it defines my involvement pretty clear. > > If the community want to see the mentors as part of the project, it would > be a good idea to make us part of the project. You are. Of course, the next steps after we fully migrate to ASF infra would be to come up with a sort of governance/release/code review/etc. models. I see that Anthony has started a branch model conversation -- which is the first big step towards defining what it takes to contribute code to the project. I guess what I'm trying to say -- it is on us to define the rules of engagement around the codebase. > I have noted the geode does not appear on people.a.o maybe there are a few > steps missing. Here's a JIRA tracking overall progress of our onboarding: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA-9536 Could you add subtasks for whatever's missing? Thanks, Roman.
