On Jun 9, 2013, at 7:36 AM, janI wrote: > On 9 June 2013 16:04, Ian Lynch <ianrly...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I noticed that LibreO has 26 Certified Developers. >> >> http://www.documentfoundation.org/certification/developers/ >> >> While we have the concept of a committer here at AOO is there >> something specific for active code developers? Would it be worth >> considering such a thing? >>
The LO page is more about the people who are "certified" coders. This is a functional equivalent to an svn auth list on the codebase - those AOO committers who work on the codebase as opposed to QA, Infra, Marketing and most importantly Translation. Apache is a flat organization. We don't make this distinction. Do we want to start playing a marketing game of numbers, or do we want to put our energy into writing the best code? [4] > > I think the committer status, covers much of the "certification", if we do > such a thing for developers, we should also do it for > QA, documenters etc. Exactly. If anything we should highlight our differences. We are an organization where active contribution and engagement of all kinds is important. It is community over code. [1] . > I do like the lo page, as such, because it clearly shows who (and from > where) are paid, and who are volunteers. Such a list would be nice to have > for newcommers, especially if it included a line or two about the interest > of each. We have built similar information. Committers just need to maintain it. It is currently in the CWiki here [2] Originally it was here [3] We could add more here, or we could describe that the project is a community of volunteers, etc. We could remind committers to update their details on the wiki or request help with doing so. Regards, Dave [1] http://communityovercode.com/ [2] https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/Directory+of+Volunteers [3] http://openoffice.apache.org/people.html [4] I don't want to restart this discussion, but this is one reason why I am against having a different svn auth list for the codebase unless there is a demonstrated problem. This may be done in private. If I have inexplicably changed my mind later then it will be because a real security threat to the AOO codebase is manifest. > > rgds > jan I. > >> >> -- >> Ian >> >> Ofqual Accredited IT Qualifications >> >> Headline points in the 2014 and 2015 school league tables >> >> www.theINGOTs.org +44 (0)1827 305940 >> >> The Learning Machine Limited, Reg Office, 36 Ashby Road, Tamworth, >> Staffordshire, B79 8AQ. Reg No: 05560797, Registered in England and >> Wales. >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
