Well, the biggest perk is that I can finally get a Hudson account, in what may be the weirdest Apache rule I have come across.
The main other stuff: the PMC votes in new committers and their votes are binding for releases. You can read about the PMC here: http://www.apache.org/dev/pmc.html Jason Rutherglen wrote: > Congrats Mark! Umm... Though what's the difference between PMC and > what Mark was? What do the PMC people do? Are their term limits? > (Just curious, seems like most people understand what's going on). > > On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 7:37 AM, Grant Ingersoll <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I'm pleased to announce the Lucene PMC has elected to add Mark Miller to its >> ranks in recognition of his longstanding contributions to the Lucene >> community as a committer on both Lucene Java and Solr. >> >> Congrats, Mark! >> >> -Grant Ingersoll >> Lucene PMC Chair >> -- - Mark http://www.lucidimagination.com
