On 29 September 2011 19:03, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 1:55 PM, Ross Gardler > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Sent from my mobile device, please forgive errors and brevity. >> On Sep 29, 2011 6:01 PM, "Rob Weir" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> A recent press article suggested that this project had not had any new >>> committers since the project started. This is false. But it would be >>> hard to tell that, looking at our mailing list or website. >>> >>> So far we've been quiet about new committers. We have the votes, >>> process the paper work, etc., on the ooo-private list. >>> >>> Some Apache projects announce each new committer to their main mailing >>> list. Others don't. We're received mixed advice from our mentors. >> >> Really? I've not seen anyone say don't announce committers. The ASF is all >> about merit, why would one not give credit where credit is due? >> > > Check your archives for ooo-private, July 8th.
[ooo-dev readers should note that this thread occured on ooo-private at a time when mentors were still having to say "this should not be on the private list", in fact I say it myself in the above thread. The topic is do we announce new committers, no decision was made and Rob has now done a great job of bringing it to the public list for a decision] OK, so in that thread one mentor said their project does not do public welcome messages for new committers. My own contribution to that thread was: See "Committer Announce Template" at http://community.apache.org/newcommitter.html for a suggested template. If you do a search of Apache mailing lists in general you will find that the majoirty do (I was unaware that even a single project does not, but the ASF is a big place). I do agree with the word of caution in that thread, which you capture well in your opening mail (i.e. it's a welcome not a congratulations). Ross
