On Mon, 2008-12-29 at 16:40 +0100, Esteve Fernandez wrote: > On Sunday 28 December 2008 23:37:09 Ian Holsman wrote: > > In general in an apache project, the process for getting people commit > > access is for an existing 'PMC' member to recognize the merits of an > > individual and raise it on the private list, where it is discussed. It > > is discussed in private as some people may feel that the person is not > > ready yet, and saying that in public could discourage the individual. > > "nominating" the person on a public list is generally seen as poor form, > > as it might preempt the discussion, and lead to no response from the > > project. > > Sorry if my actions caused any trouble. I'm not a PMC member and shouldn't > have nominated Bryan or Todd before asking about the process.
Not a problem. Given these discussions happen in private (one of the few things that does/should in the ASF), there's no way for those outside to know how they happen. > However, I'm still arguing for more reviewers/committers in general, I think > Thrift's development is being hindered by the lack of people who can act on > tickets, which leads to external people become frustrated and to not > participate more actively. For example, THRIFT-129 (the most popular ticket) > was reported on 2008-09-02 and last updated on 2008-10-23, but nobody > committed the attached patch. You may be right that Thrift needs new committers. However, that is an issue that I will leave to the Thrift committers to discuss/address. Upayavira
