On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 16:31:17 +0100, Manfred Geiler wrote: >�There could also be a place in the wiki where "junior contributors" >�would put their component docs, that one of us committers puts into >�forrest later. And "senior contributors" can also send their docs >�as patch to the forrest files.
In conventional Apache nomenclature, we would refer to "junior contributors" as developers and "senior contributors" (with write access) as "committers". So, in the normal course, people who start contributing to the project become "developers" (by virtue of their contribution), developers who continue to make worthwhile contributions are invited to become "committers". Committers who contribute toward the long-term health of the project may be invited to become PMC Members. Right now, all the MyFaces committers are also PMC members, but eventually that may change. Then, finally, committers who contribute toward the long-term health of the foundation may be invited to become ASF members. As to wikis, people are working toward integrating wikis with conventional documentation, so you can edit online and bundle it for offline access too, but I don't think we are there yet. So, using a wiki for new documentation and then "promoting" it to Forrest, as people seem to be saying, sounds like a good idea. Wikis are also good for documentation that you don't want to make ~too~ official, like a list of MyFaces support vendors. Something I'm trying in Struts is to have links to wiki pages from the conventional documentation, for any comments or corrections people might like to contribute. The Apache Wiki does mail to the DEV list, like CVS does, so you can keep track of the changes. -Ted.
