Both the committer and PMC addition process happens on the private PMC list so we can be candid, yet polite (knowing full well that people can read the archives later on :) ).
The kick off for a vote is organic; either an existing member flags that it should happen, or the individual in question hits a barrier that makes it hard for them to increase their level of contribution and they politely raise it in an email (like Damjan has done). At that our extremely well oiled process kicks into gear.... if anyone should need the gear workings for a Model T Ford, let us know :) If anyone, like Damjan, wants to be a committer and can justify why [i.e. the contributions that explain why you and not any other contributor to the mailing list/JIRA], please feel free to step up and do as Damjan did. Hen On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 5:14 AM, Charles Matthew Chen <charlesmc...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Damjan, > > I'm sorry your commit has been in limbo - its my fault. I fully > support your becoming a committer. You've made a steady set of > high-quality contributions to the project. I've committed every patch > you've submitted with hardly any changes. These patches have included > significant new functionality. Moreover, I've been unable to > participate meaningfully due to other commitments, and I'd love to see > the project add an active committer. > > Having said that, I'm not sure how the committer nomination & > election process works. My understanding is that you have to be > nominated by a member of the Apache Commons Project Management > Committee (PMC). I myself am not a PMC. > > Would any PMCs reading this list care to step in? It would be > helpful to clarify how the committer nomination and election process > works. > > Cheers, > Charles Matthew Chen > > > > On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 3:53 PM, Damjan Jovanovic <damjan....@gmail.com> > wrote: >> Hi >> >> My large patch to Sanselan >> (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SANSELAN-49) has been sitting >> in Jira for 6 weeks with no comment. With it, > 50% of all image >> formats in Sanselan will have been written by me, and I've been >> practically the only contributor of late, so can I please have commit >> access? >> >> Thank you >> Damjan >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org >> >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
