Peter said: ... > BTW, another question is: *Who* are the currently acitve > comitters? And which one is listening to this list?
see http://jakarta.apache.org/velocity/contributors.html from my time on the lists (around 2 yrs now), these are my perceptions: Geir is still around, but busy/quiet. Daniel is quiet, but still does stuff now and then. Jason and Jon seem to just lurk most of the time. Bob and Leon used to be around plenty, but i haven't seem them lately. I can't recall ever seeing Dave, Josh, Terence, or John. > > since, afaics, the project is presently lacking someone who > > has "qualified" for committer status in the usual manner > > (much useful and accepted > > contributions) and the state of committer activity prevents > > someone from becoming such, why don't you (the committers) > > just pick someone that is willing/able to put in time and get > > them committer status. > > I think simply picking someone is a bad idea. Especially if you > are seeking a new lead or the "sole comitter". You never know if > the guy / girl is only keen on "being part of it" and once he /she > is part of it loses his / her interest. But on the other hand, > there is not much of an option here :) ideally, the committers would choose someone who has demonstrated some longevity here and a familiarity with the code. > > to anyone out there who is willing and confident enough in > > their worthiness to take on that responsibility, i think you > > may have to be a little bold/cheeky and explicitly (and in > > private email) request the committers to add you to their > > ranks. > > I don't like the idea of "self promotion". A better way would > be (if the comitters ever even think of things like seeking a > new comitter / lead) to let the comunity on the dev list propose > some names. But either way we choose, the comitters have to *say* > something to all this! i think taking the extra initiative to request committer status is a helpful indicator of the person's willingness to take the role. i would prefer to call it "volunteering" rather than "self-promotion." we do, after all, seem to agree that there is a need here. i hardly think it wrong for someone who is sure of their ability to assist to offer that assistance. in fact, i'd say that someone who has the ability and desire, yet avoids stepping forward is being needlessly shy to the detriment of the community. Nathan Bubna [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
