Your forgot the <rant> ... </rant> surrounding tags :-D On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 1:48 PM, Russel Winder <rus...@winder.org.uk> wrote:
> On Mon, 2018-02-26 at 09:00 +0100, Cédric Champeau wrote: > > It feels like everybody agrees this is a good idea, but somethings hasn't > > been discussed so far: the Foundation already has 2 ways of recognizing > > members of the community: > > > > 1. by making them "committers" > > 2. by making them members of the PMC > > > > If Groovy Champions is going to be different, we need a good explanation > > why it doesn't fit in those 2 categories. Especially to give to the > Board. > > I have my ideas why, but I'd like to hear what others say. > > 1. Because committer in an Apache project is an outdated concept that > Apache > hasn't discovered how to update, nor even how to come to terms with in the > post CVCS era? > > 2 Because the PMC should remain a management committee, not a place for > recognising contribution. > > -- > Russel. > ========================================== > Dr Russel Winder t: +44 20 7585 2200 > 41 Buckmaster Road m: +44 7770 465 077 > London SW11 1EN, UK w: www.russel.org.uk > -- Guillaume Laforge Apache Groovy committer & PMC Vice-President Developer Advocate @ Google Cloud Platform Blog: http://glaforge.appspot.com/ Social: @glaforge <http://twitter.com/glaforge> / Google+ <https://plus.google.com/u/0/114130972232398734985/posts>
