My main thought was market confidence. If LO can say they have 26 developers working on code it would be interesting to have a comparison on a similar "like for like" basis.
On 9 June 2013 17:24, Dave Fisher <dave2w...@comcast.net> wrote: > > 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 > -- 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