Just added my entry :)
On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 2:01 PM, Torrie Fischer <[email protected]>wrote: > Howdy, hakkers! > > Over the last month or two, I've been trying to figure out a nice clean way > for others to figure out who is responsible for what in the space. > Originally > I considered toying with the idea of having each Champion claim a title of > something they're responsible for, such as Champion of System > Administration, > Champion of the Machine Shop, etc. > > The problem with that is it creates a rigid hiearchy of who is in charge of > something that could take a significant effort to change along with obvious > feelings of resentment towards those who are percieved as having more > power. > > After thinking back to how open source development works, I've created this > wiki page: > > https://synhak.org/wiki/Maintainers > > It is an informal way for people to openly state that they are indeed the > person who knows the most about how to work something. For example, if the > internet at the space is down, I often get a few text messages about it > long > before someone mentions it on the discuss list. I'm not the one who > configures > our network, I just happen to keep the machines that use it happy :) > > If you feel confident that you can take responsibility for something at the > space, add yourself to that table! It doesn't mean you're required to do > anything or that you've made some kind of commitment to be on call 24/7. > All > it means is that we now have some documentation of who to go to for the > fastest resolution of issues or who to ask for questions. If you're not the > only one who is the de facto handler for a project, please add others who > help > out as well. If you don't know who is the maintainer of something, you can > ask > Chris or I and we'll figure it out. > > tl;dr: If you're a core volunteer who contributes a lot of effort towards > our > infrastructure, you should add yourself to the new Maintainers page on the > wiki. > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
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