----- Original Message ----- > On 1/30/13 7:52 PM, Andrew Hughes wrote: > > However, this raises an interesting point. Why do the members of a > > group get to determine the project lead, rather than the members of > > said project? > > Nope - The Group Leads of the Groups sponsoring the Project get to do > that, > not their Group's Members.
Yes, I knew that but typed the wrong thing; I'll rephrase: Why do the leads of the sponsoring groups get to determine the project lead rather than the project's authors, committers, reviewers & previous lead? Better? ;) It's always baffled me what the groups were for and I guess this is it. > There is no such thing as a Project > Member. Indeed, there isn't one defined in the bylaws. What I meant is the set of all authors, committers & reviewers plus the lead. > > cheers, > dalibor topic > -- > Oracle <http://www.oracle.com> > Dalibor Topic | Principal Product Manager > Phone: +494089091214 <tel:+494089091214> | Mobile: +491737185961 > <tel:+491737185961> > Oracle Java Platform Group > > ORACLE Deutschland B.V. & Co. KG | Kühnehöfe 5 | 22761 Hamburg > > ORACLE Deutschland B.V. & Co. KG > Hauptverwaltung: Riesstr. 25, D-80992 München > Registergericht: Amtsgericht München, HRA 95603 > Geschäftsführer: Jürgen Kunz > > Komplementärin: ORACLE Deutschland Verwaltung B.V. > Hertogswetering 163/167, 3543 AS Utrecht, Niederlande > Handelsregister der Handelskammer Midden-Niederlande, Nr. 30143697 > Geschäftsführer: Alexander van der Ven, Astrid Kepper, Val Maher > > Green Oracle <http://www.oracle.com/commitment> Oracle is committed > to developing practices and products that help protect the > environment > -- Andrew :) Free Java Software Engineer Red Hat, Inc. (http://www.redhat.com) PGP Key: 248BDC07 (https://keys.indymedia.org/) Fingerprint = EC5A 1F5E C0AD 1D15 8F1F 8F91 3B96 A578 248B DC07