As Julian pointed out very nicely, from the moment you start helping the project, in one way or another, you are already part of the community.
Apart from that it seems that the term "contributor" is also something mentioned by ASF when they describe the different roles in a project [1]. "A developer is a user who contributes to a project in the form of code or documentation. They take extra steps to participate in a project, are active on the developer mailing list, participate in discussions, provide patches, documentation, suggestions, and criticism. Developers are also known as *contributors*." I am mentioning this now since I used the term myself in the past to mean every single person that helps in the project and is part of the community. I may have abused the term but I found it convenient when I wanted to refer to everybody and not only to committers and PMC members:) Anyways, having an extra pair of hands is good news, looking forward working with you Roman! Best, Stamatis [1] https://www.apache.org/foundation/how-it-works.html#roles On Wed, Mar 25, 2020, 1:48 AM Julian Hyde <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry, I need to be pedantic. > > In Apache, there is no such thing as a “contributor”. There are committers > and PMC members, and there is the community - which consists of anyone in > the world who takes an interest. > > Unfortunately Jira requires people to be given a particular permission in > order to have Calcite cases assigned to them. But let’s remember that that > is just a Jira thing, not an Apache thing. > > Folks, please remember that you are in the community just by taking an > interest. The PMC will offer you committer status based on earned merit - > such as code contributions, blogging, speaking at conferences, writing > documentation or just being helpful to others. There is no such thing as a > “Calcite contributor”. > > Julian > > > On Mar 24, 2020, at 2:13 PM, Francis Chuang <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Hey Roman, > > > > I've added you as a contributor to the project. > > > > Francis > > > >> On 25/03/2020 6:47 am, Roman Kondakov wrote: > >> Hi everybody! > >> My name is Roman Kondakov. I use Calcite for building SQL layer on the > >> top of Apache Ignite. > >> I would like to join the Calcite community. I will start with minor > >> tasks (I have a couple on my mind) to understand your processes better. > >> I would also appreciate any help. > >> My Jira id is rkondakov. > >> Thank you in advance! >
