> -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Burrell Donkin [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, 19 November 2009 8:27 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Committers > > Ross Gardler wrote: > > 2009/11/18 Robert Burrell Donkin <[email protected]>: > >> Ross Gardler wrote: > >>> One of the problems I have observed here in RAT is the lack of > >>> committers on the project. There are simply not enough people with > >>> cycles to apply patches in good time frames (I know from personal > >>> experience). > >>> > >>> Given the nature of RAT I would strongly suggest existing committers > >>> look to recent activity and provide early commit access to people > >>> already known to us. To be adopted and therefore improved RAT needs to > >>> be adopted by the projects expecting to use it, when a project looks > >>> keen to do so we should, at this stage, make it easy for them to do > >>> so. Hence, as mentor, I suggest a low barrier to entry for people on > >>> ASF projects. > >> sorry for dropping the ball on this. > > > > Blast - whilst writing this email I said to myself "be sure to > > indicate that this is not a complaint, the latest round of patches are > > all less than three days old". My intention was just to flag it - not > > to complain. > > i didn't take it as a complaint, more a call to arms. you're right and > the timing's right. > > - robert
Ok, to move forward quickly then, can I suggest :- 1. Grant commit access to Brian Fox so he can sort out the website issues (and remove access again if he feels this can just be a temporary arrangement in order to get us over this hurdle) 2. Grant myself access in order to help apply patches in a timely manor. CTR of course should still be the order of the day, but if I helps ... ? Gav...
