Ben will create an Emeritus role (it will be a few weeks before he has the cycles to do so though)
We can then use that role to mark people who had commit access as Emeritus. I would propose that if you are Emeritus and want commit access back you just need to ask, and that no commits within a year => we can make you Emeritus That should allow us to keep track of who the core committers are. -Stephen On 2 November 2011 20:53, Stephen Connolly <[email protected]> wrote: > i will ask Ben if we can have an emeritus as a status and that way we could > move inactive users to that > > - Stephen > > --- > Sent from my Android phone, so random spelling mistakes, random nonsense > words and other nonsense are a direct result of using swype to type on the > screen > > On 2 Nov 2011 19:26, "Robert Scholte" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Some say " the more the merrier". That would be true if committers are and >> stay committed to the project. >> Right now the number of committers is huge and the number of active >> committers is rather small. >> Issues are still created for all 90+ plugin projects, but for some >> projects nobody feels responsible anymore, so those issues often stay open >> forever. >> That's sad and might become a dangerous situation for the whole project. >> So yes: keep introducing new committers, but we might need to do a clean >> up too (if that's possible within xircles) >> >> -Robert >> ________________________________ >> Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2011 12:51:37 -0400 >> From: [email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [mojo-dev] People looking for commit access... >> >> Yeah, as one of the people on the list, I can say for myself that the >> directions on the site have always been clear enough. However, I think it >> was assumed that requesting commit access via xircles was better (from an >> administrative POV) than a "Hey, can I be a committer, too?" on the dev >> list. >> I originally requested commit privs because I had some free time to >> contribute in knocking down some outstanding JIRAs relating to plugins I was >> using most and waiting for patches to be applied was sometimes not much fun. >> I hope to have time to get involved a bit more in the future so please do >> what you think is best in regards to my request. >> Thanks, >> -Ryan Connolly >> >> On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 11:51 AM, Julien Ponge <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Hum… looking at the website the steps are rather explicit :-) >> On the front page there is a whole section: >> >> If you would like to contribute to the project, either through fixing an >> existing plugin or by donating a new plugin, contact us on the development >> mailing list or join us on IRC. >> >> There is also a page from the sidebar on contributing: >> http://mojo.codehaus.org/contribution/submitting-a-plugin.html >> >> Subscribe to the developer mailing list and ask if there is an interest in >> the plugin. If there is an interest, package the plugin in a tarball or a >> zip file, create an issue for the component "Plugin Submission" in our issue >> tracker and attach the source code there. Make sure that you try to follow >> our development guidelines. >> >> This is rather explicit, so I don't think we really need a page on >> becoming a contributor. >> Cheers >> -- >> Julien Ponge >> http://julien.ponge.info/ >> >> On Wednesday, November 2, 2011 at 10:02 AM, Julien Ponge wrote: >> >> Sounds good. If others don't mind then I'll add this within the next few >> days. >> >> -- >> Julien Ponge >> http://julien.ponge.info/ >> >> On Wednesday, November 2, 2011 at 9:44 AM, Stephen Connolly wrote: >> >> maybe you could add/update a "becoming a committer" page on the site. make >> it promenant though ;-) >> - Stephen >> --- >> Sent from my Android phone, so random spelling mistakes, random nonsense >> words and other nonsense are a direct result of using swype to type on the >> screen >> On 2 Nov 2011 08:36, "Julien Ponge" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Easy fix: have people contacting us here on the list as a policy. I guess >> most of us joined mojo with a bunch of fixes and/or a new plugin with >> existing code to exhibit. >> At least this seems more positive and human than "I requested on xircles >> because I want commit access" :-) >> Le 2 nov. 2011 à 08:29, Stephen Connolly <[email protected]> >> a écrit : >> >> will ask Ben, but i don't think that it will be easy to get such a ui >> change in xircles >> - Stephen >> --- >> Sent from my Android phone, so random spelling mistakes, random nonsense >> words and other nonsense are a direct result of using swype to type on the >> screen >> On 2 Nov 2011 07:07, "Kent Sølvsten" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> completely agree. >> >> Could it be made possible to add comments to the applications? Such as: >> >> I want to become a developer, because I want to work on xxx-maven-plugin >> >> There has already been a vote granting me commit rights, the result is in >> this mail [url from mailing list] >> >> /Kent >> >> >> >> Den 02/11/2011 kl. 07.51 skrev Julien Ponge: >> >> > While it is a very good idea to encourage new commiters to the mojo >> > project, do we have any idea of why those people asked to join? Are they >> > willing to contribute new plugins? Fix existing ones? We should vote based >> > on motivated requests. >> > >> > I tend to think that we must preserve a minimal gatekeepers system on >> > new contributions and contributors. Don't get me wrong: access should be >> > easy with no bureaucracy, but the free bazaar model has issues :-) >> > >> > My 2 cents >> > >> > -- >> > Julien Ponge >> > http://julien.ponge.info/ >> > >> > >> > On 1 nov. 2011, at 23:17, Stephen Connolly >> > <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> >> Well if no committers are willing to step up and start vote threads >> >> for anyone on that list within the next 7 days, then I will reject the >> >> requests which do not have pending votes. >> >> >> >> SO PEOPLE START THE VOTE THREADS ALREADY >> >> >> >> ;-) >> >> >> >> -Stephen >> >> >> >> 2011/11/1 Arnaud Héritier <[email protected]>: >> >>> +1000 >> >>> I think I already sent a mail about this a long long time ago. >> >>> No problem to ease the access to mojo (this is mainly why these >> >>> plugins are >> >>> here and not @ASF and because of licenses). >> >>> Arnaud >> >>> On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 12:13 PM, Stephen Connolly >> >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>>> >> >>>> The following people have all requested (via xircles) commit access >> >>>> to >> >>>> the mojo project: >> >>>> >> >>>> Kevin Conner >> >>>> Arun Nachimuthu >> >>>> Joachim Grüneis >> >>>> nagadhatri vyakaranam >> >>>> Dirk Olmes >> >>>> Harlan Iverson >> >>>> Ståle Tomten >> >>>> Rob Mullen >> >>>> Olivier Léal >> >>>> Andrey Yusin >> >>>> Daniel Wagner >> >>>> Gabriel Bauman >> >>>> Knute Axelson >> >>>> Jared Holmberg >> >>>> Lars Hvile >> >>>> Péter Török >> >>>> Dirk Lässig >> >>>> Lars Corneliussen >> >>>> Ronen Perez >> >>>> Ryan Connolly >> >>>> David Hudson >> >>>> Mirko Friedenhagen >> >>>> Pavel Veselý >> >>>> >> >>>> If anyone committer wants to sponsor them getting commit access could >> >>>> they please start votes for them... I favour a low barrier to commit >> >>>> access, so unless the other despots shoot me down, it will be lazy >> >>>> consensus for any such votes, but I would prefer if the people are at >> >>>> least known to existing committers / somewhat active on the lists / >> >>>> have been submitting patches to issues... so launch votes if you know >> >>>> any of the above and think they should be given commit access. >> >>>> >> >>>> -Stephen >> >>>> >> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >>>> To unsubscribe from this list, please visit: >> >>>> >> >>>> http://xircles.codehaus.org/manage_email >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, please visit: >> >> >> >> http://xircles.codehaus.org/manage_email >> >> >> >> >> > >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe from this list, please visit: >> > >> > http://xircles.codehaus.org/manage_email >> > >> > >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from this list, please visit: >> >> http://xircles.codehaus.org/manage_email >> >> >> >> >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, please visit: http://xircles.codehaus.org/manage_email
