Well ... Maybe committers can discretely start using their @Apache email addresses without making huge announcements. ;)
Pedro. --- On Thu, 9/29/11, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: > -1 > > Not all committers make contributions to the code base. > it is emphasized here in other discussions that committers > need not > be developers but contributors in some other way. See > the discussion > about Forums administration, for example. Commit > messages are an > unreliable indicator as Ross points out and it becomes a > heavyweight > task to track them. > > - Dennis > > (In addition, not all commit messages are actions by > committers) > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ross Gardler [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2011 12:03 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: How do we want to announce new Committers/PPMC > members > > On 29 September 2011 19:00, Tor Lillqvist <[email protected]> wrote: > > Perhaps instead of announcements of new committers, > announcements of > > actual commits (more than just one) from somebody who > hasn't committed > > earlier would be interesting... > > -0 > > When a patch is committed the commit message should contain > "(issue > xyz - thanks to Jane Blogs)" The commit mail gets sent to a > commit > list and thus there is already a process for this in place. > No harm in > someone doing a separate thank you but if someone gets > missed or the > volunteer is busy it can leave people feeling left out. > > Ross > > > -- > Ross Gardler (@rgardler) > Programme Leader (Open Development) > OpenDirective http://opendirective.com > >
