If Apache were to pass a by-law saying PMCs are no longer required,
I'd be the first person to resign from it. However we have to have a
PMC for legal oversight reasons and will continue to add people to
it, but I personally really hope it never becomes the "core" of our
community. I hope that the core always remains right here on the dev
list where everyone, committer or not, can participate.
We have done an excellent job in this community at making sure we all
feel like we make a difference here, that someone without commit
privileges has just as much voice as someone with commit. Several
people, committers and otherwise have stood up and said so. I think
it would be a terrible tragedy to start defining the word community
as those on the PMC and to say anyone not on the PMC are being
ostracize and not part of the community.
I'm personally happy with the progress we've made for ourselves and
am fine adding more people to it over time.
How do others feel?
-David
