So I'd like to keep it really simple :
1) Anyone with a contribution that would belong in SVN can be
considered for commit status by the PMC (PPMC while in incubation).
This contribution can be anything - new code, a patch to existing code,
documentation, a change to the website, testing code or other
resources, etc. (Hopefully this gets people interested in harvesting
good docs from the WIKI, as that's worth commit status IMO)
I'm not sure how this seeds initial committers though. Start with this,
any existing Apache committer or member who has turned in his ACQ and
requests commit access. This will at least get an initial set of
committers to the repository. Its also the "likely suspects".
2) If offered commit status by the PMC and accepted by the individual,
we will get an ACQ from the individual along with an ICLA if not
already on file with the ASF secretary. I'd ask that individuals wait
to do an ACQ until offered, as the ACQ will be evolving over time as we
learn, and I'd like to ask that a new committer have the current
version on file as of the date of them being added as a commmitter.
This will probably be less of a problem when there is code.
3) The individual would be given free reign in the area to which they
contributed, and trusted to engage with the relevant part of the
community for other areas of our codebase/resourcebase.
And if they request access to another area provided they have no issues
they should be given so forthwidth. Start one UNIFIED project not 12.
Comments? If people agree to this, I'd like to add this to our website
as part of the project policy.
If this opens the repository to code then I think its great. If not,
then I think it sucks.
-Andy
geir
