Seems reasonable to me. I’m sure that the guidelines will evolve over time as the community evolves :)
Jarcec > On Sep 19, 2015, at 7:56 AM, Sean Busbey <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi folks! > > We need to decide on a couple of points wrt how our community will make use > of the roles recognized by the ASF. > > * do we want committer and PMC status linked or distinct? > > * what do we expect from folks in those roles? > > Personally, I'd like to have a relatively low friction, well documented > path to committership while leaving PMC a distinct role. > > I'd like granting of committer status to mean that someone understands our > norms well enough to handle contributions and guide a new contributor. > Ideally, I'd like a well documented path that a casual contributor can > complete in about a month. > > By well documented, I mean some clearly defined goalposts, e.g. "review new > contributions and make sure they meet these guidelines; you'll be practiced > enough when existing committers regularly don't have additional feedback on > the contribution." Not a checklist of "do this X times" but something more > definitive than "act like a committer." > > By casual contributor I mean either a hobbyist or someone whose job doesn't > consist of primarily working on our project. Essentially, someone who can > only spend an hour or two at a time on things, and at most a handful of > hours in any given week. > > What do others have in mind?
