Brett Porter wrote:
Hi,
I'd like to propose two things:
1) Establish a list of emeritus committers.
2) Remove inter-project commit restrictions
The first does not depend on the second. But I think the second does
depend on the first. I would like to put each to a separate vote once
all the pros and cons have been gathered from this discussion. I'd
expect each vote to operate as requiring 2/3rds of the PMC to vote (12),
with a majority of +1's within those votes for it to pass. Other votes
would be welcome with reasons as advisory, but not binding.
* Emeritus committers
Someone can request to be made emeritus at any time they want (usually
because they have moved on to other things, or just don't have the
time). They will be listed as past members of the team, but have no
karma. An emeritus committer can request commit access again at any time
they feel they can be active, and a vote will be held to accept them or
not. To start with, anyone who hasn't committed in 12 months will be
made automatically emeritus. PMC members will not be made emeritus
(unless they chose to stand down from the PMC).
+1.
* Removing restrictions
The list of groups we have can be seen here:
http://people.apache.org/~jim/projects.html. There are a lot. (the page
is currently down, unfortunately)
Currently, only PMC members can commit to anything.
Rather than using this technological boundary, which can be a hindrance,
I'd rather use a social boundary. That is, if you don't quite know what
you are doing but would like to try something new, or want to make a big
change in something you don't regularly commit to - ask first. Perhaps
create a branch and have the regular committers review it first.
-0, I like the fact that people are forced to ask before doing stuff,
but OTOH it's a bit annoying having to wait a couple of days if you have
a couple of quick fixes for a product that you can fix *now*.
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Trygve
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