On 29 September 2011 20:16, Ross Gardler <[email protected]> wrote: > 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).
Sorry, I meant to include a link to such a search: http://markmail.org/search/?q=new+committer+list%3Aapache > > 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 > -- Ross Gardler (@rgardler) Programme Leader (Open Development) OpenDirective http://opendirective.com
