I'm not a committer, but I am a mentor. Submit your patches and they will be reviewed and applied.
As for docs, I agree. Submit your patches and they will be reviewed and applied. Submit enough patches and you'll get commit rights - problem solved. Ross Sent from my mobile device. On 22 Nov 2010, at 13:14, Paul Rogalinski <[email protected]> wrote: > 100% Agree, > > I see no point in commiting any patches as long nobody feels responsible for > reviewing & incorporating those into the svn-trunk. That would come very > close to a project lead as I had it in mind. Can be one person or a group - I > don't care as long there is some instance responsible for steering the > project. This involves some JIRA maintenance, code reviews, discussions about > the idea of the project (what should and what should not go into > droids-core), coordinating documentation efforts etc. > > I wonder how many committers are still active around here? > > Regards, > Paul Rogalinski. > > Tony Dietrich wrote: >> While there may not be an official 'post' of project leader, it has long >> been my experience that any project benefits from someone to co-ordinate it, >> motivate the contributors, arbitrate disputes and provide direction. >> >> This applies equally to open source projects such as Droids. >> >> One of the missing factors in this particular project which probably >> contributes significantly to the lack of uptake is the lack of >> documentation. No-one LIKES writing tech docs, but without them it makes it >> extremely difficult for anyone to adopt the technology without investing >> huge amounts of time. >> I've been monitoring this project for some time, as a mature Droids >> implementation would be useful in another project I'm involved in. I >> understand the objectives - but simply haven't the time amongst other >> projects to delve into the code to figure out how to actually use Droids. A >> simple example project would be of great use to adopters. >> >> <just my observation> >> >> Tony Dietrich >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Ross Gardler [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: 22 November 2010 11:04 >> To: [email protected] >> Cc: Droids Dev list >> Subject: Re: Who take the lead ? >> >> We don't have leaders in ASF projects. What is needed is for people to >> participate. >> >> If those who have shown interest are not committers then they need to submit >> patches and existing committers or mentors will deal with them until we vote >> in new committers >> >> Let's see those patches... >> >> Sent from my mobile device. >> >> On 22 Nov 2010, at 09:46, florent andré<[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> We are many to be interesting in this great Droids project and have many >>> ideas for the future (recent mails show this). >>> >>> Thorsten, thanks to him, leads this project till now, but don't have >>> still much time for it (and we understand him ! :) ) >>> >>> So, I think it could be cool if someone (or two, three,...) with enough >>> karma, can charge of taking the lead of this project. >>> >>> Have a lead is a requirement to ensure a good growing of "baby Droids" >>> imho. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> ++ >>
