Henri Yandell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 20/03/2004 08:52:35 AM: [snip] > We already effectively have Expert Groups, we call them the PMC. Project > Leads, aka active-voice on the project/component. I'm not sure it hurts > for us to have a project-lead on things, in fact I think it's something > Apache should have. Defined responsibility.
I've seen this 'defined responsibility' drive people away from projects. I've also seen projects with a strong leader wallow as their leader has gone off and started something new and more fun. Bugs lie unfixed and the software stagnates. Having multiple people share the load is a far better model, IMHO. > People view this as anti-community, but I think it's pro-community. Who is > responsible to the community for Tomcat 3 at the moment? The community? > That seems like we're kidding ourselves. The ASF-way merely means that > it's easy to fill a project-lead gap, or to join in. Not that the > project-leads don't exist. [snip] -- dIon Gillard, Multitask Consulting
