Was wondering how the proposal is going: has it been published or sent to the ASF? Simone
On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 1:01 AM, Troy Howard <[email protected]> wrote: > All, > > I'm working on the Incubator Proposal now, and need to establish a > list of initial committers. > > So far, the following people have come forward and offered to be > committers (in alphabetical order): > > Alex Thompson > Ben Martz > Chris Currens > Heath Aldrich > Michael Herndon > Prescott Nasser > Scott Lombard > Simone Chiaretta > Troy Howard > > I would like to place an open request for any interested parties to > respond to this message with their request to be a Committer. For > people who are either on that list or for people who would like to be > added, please send a message explaining (briefly) why you think you > will be qualified to be involved in the project and specifically what > ways you hope to be able to contribute. > > One thing I would like to point out is that in the Apache world there > is a distinction between Committers and Contributors (aka developers). > See this link for details: > > http://incubator.apache.org/guides/participation.html#committer > > > Please consider whether or not you wish to be a Committer or a Contributor. > > Some quick rules of thumb: > > Committers: > > - Committers must be willing to submit a Contributor License Agreement > (CLA). See: http://www.apache.org/licenses/#clas > > - Committers must have enough *consistent* free time to fulfill the > expectations of the ASF in terms of reporting, process, documentation > and remain responsive to the community in terms of communication and > listening to, considering, and discussing community opinion. These > kinds of tasks can consume a lot of time and are some of the first > things people stop down when they start running out of time. > > - A Committer may not even write code, but may simply accept, review > and commit code written by others. This is the primary responsibility > of a Committer -- to commit code, whether they wrote it themselves or > not > > - Committers may have to perform the unpleasant task of reject > contribution from Contributors and explain why in a fair and objective > manner. This can be frustrating and time consuming. You may need to > play the part of a mentor or engage in debates. You may even be proved > wrong and have to swallow your pride. > > - Committers have direct access to the source control and other > resources and so must be personally accountable for the quality of the > same and will need to operate under the process and restrictions ASF > expects > > > Contributors: > > - Contributors might have a lot of free time this month, but get > really busy next month and have no time at all. They can develop code > in short bursts but then drop off the face of the planet indefinitely > after that. > > - Contributors could focus on code only or work from a task list > without any need to interact with and be accountable to the community > (as this is the responsibility of the Committers) > > - Contributors can do one-time or infrequently needed tasks like > updating the website, documentation, wikis, etc.. > > - Contributors will need to have anything they create reviewed by a > Committer and ultimately included by a Committer. Some people find > this frustrating, if the Committers are slow to respond or critical of > their work. > > > So in your responses, please be clear about whether you would like to > offer your help as a Committer or as a Contributor. > > Thanks, > Troy > -- Simone Chiaretta Microsoft MVP ASP.NET - ASPInsider Blog: http://codeclimber.net.nz RSS: http://feeds2.feedburner.com/codeclimber twitter: @simonech Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic "Life is short, play hard"
