No, you're in luck - this is so not about maven vs ant or cmake etc :-) For some time now discussions on potential committers on [email protected] have exposed a range of views on what it takes to move from contributer to committer. These discussions can be quite heated, and we do not seem to have (as a project) resolved the various disjoins.
I'd like to suggest that there be a constructive discussion about how we manage contributers to committership. So, can those people who have strong views on the subject possibly propose some positive things we can do to get from where-we-are to where-we-want-to-be - maybe an IRC chat or similar might flush things out and get us back on track. Anyone feel willing/able to chair the discussion in a non-inflammatory style ? This should probably be about having a clear set of guidelines we can all agree to use - and also about making sure that we communicate better with contributers. Lets work together to resolve the underlying disagreements and help get people karma, and make it simpler to understand what that takes. Marnie
