On Oct 13, 2016 12:26, "Daniel Gruno" <humbed...@apache.org> wrote: > > Top-posting because yay ponies! > We've elected people committers in HTTPd solely due to them helping out > on IRC. There is no rule that says you must write aaaaanything down in a > file (code or documentation or otherwise) to become a committer :) > > Any contribution can count towards merit.
Also, more than one person who was made a docs committer on httpd went on to make small code contributions. And some not so small. Point being, when you extend trust, most people will rise to that level. I'm a strong believer in handing out commit early and easy. If someone breaks something, revert it. No harm done. > > With regards, > Daniel. > On 10/13/2016 06:24 PM, Ian Dunlop wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I second Bertrand. Just elect them as committers. Whether it is code, > > documentation or answering questions, everything is a "commitment" and > > of equal value. That's the way we see it in Apache Taverna. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Ian > > > > On 13/10/16 15:48, Bertrand Delacretaz wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 3:50 PM, A. Soroka <aj...@virginia.edu> wrote: > >>> ...1) Just elect these folks as committers with the understanding that anyone responsible enough > >>> to be at the heart of the community will presumably not do anything rash with committer privileges, > >>> and anyway, version control is there for a reason... > >> That's how all projects that I've been active in do it. > >> > >> The idea is that those folks become committers not because they are > >> committing code to the project, but because they are committed to it. > >> > >> And it's also fine to have such people on your PMC of course. > >> > >> -Bertrand > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org > >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org > >> > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org >
