Hmm - I'd have to disagree - unless maintainer means something else in "Developer English", to me, a maintainer (again) does work, and possibly "owns", whereas co-ordinator just co-ordinates. ;)
In this case, the [insert word here] *are* currently actively doing the work, but this need not always be the case... and the goal is to get to the stage where the [insert word here] (at most) oversees the contributions and ensures that the module functionality is not being compromised/degraded (for example).. But yes, they are also the first point of contact, should anyone require help regarding either usage (as an application developer) or guidance (as a framework developer). Finally, if someone breaks a module, a maintainer would be expected to fix it, but a co-ordinator would just tell the person who broke it to do so! ;0 What do you think? co-ordinate[1]: to synchronise maintain[2]: to keep up; to preserve PS: A lot of tongue in cheek, in case you were wondering, but I do prefer coordinator of maintainer, for the stated reasons. On Wed, December 1, 2010 13:55, Mohammad Nour El-Din wrote: > You could have said Maintainer ;) > > On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 1:43 PM, Bernd Fondermann > <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 12:00, Mark Struberg <[email protected]> wrote: >>> use the word 'coordinator' than? >> >> +1. Couldn't have phrased it any better. [1] http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/coordinate [2] http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/maintain
