On 9/4/07, Igor Vaynberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > add Gerolf Seitz as committer
For the public (as we've had some discussion about this on the private list): Gerolf has been very helpful with various issues/ contributions lately (for instance with the date picker and a jmx panel[1], has offered to help out with talks, and - very important - is eager to be part of the team to make a long-term effort in moving the project forward. About becoming part of the project team... There are quite a few people by now who made considerable contributions to Wicket, though helping on the lists, with the WIKI and sending in patches etc. We're really glad about people doing that. As for being part of the team: we believe it is very important to make sure we get people in who more or less have the same ideas about direction (though smaller differences in opinion can be constructive). Besides that, we try to pick people who are eager and can make a long lasting effort. It is one thing to send in 3 patches over a year (though please do!) or answer emails every day, be involved in discussions, look at the bugtracker and take initiative in growing the project. I'm saying this in case there are people who are wondering by now: 'oh, I contributed more than this guy, but they never asked me'. Changes are, we might think you're not interested, or we just missed it somehow. If that's you, and you are really interested in being part of the team, you need to make sure you're visible for starters, but it wouldn't hurt to ping one of us - I know this is against open source mores (that says you have to be asked), but I for one wouldn't mind knowing who is interested. Saves us the mind reading ;) Now we're not planning on immediately letting 10 new people in, and I am not expecting 100 people to jump up and say that they would rather spend their time working on Wicket than sitting in bars and stuff. Just wanted to state this. Cheers! Eelco [1] http://chillenious.wordpress.com/2007/08/29/jmx-wicket-panel/
