You're right, Stamatis. The "term" contributor does exist in Apache parlance. I stand corrected.
Let's stick to "contributor" in the Apache sense of someone who makes contributions, not in reference to JIRA. On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 4:27 PM Stamatis Zampetakis <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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! > >
