On 14 October 2016 at 12:16, A. Soroka <aj...@virginia.edu> wrote: > Thanks, community thinkers! > > The consensus is overwhelming for being generous with committer status. > > (Additionally, just as a point of record, it seems that at least some > projects are indeed giving PMC membership without committer status, so that > does seem to be reasonable Apache-fu, when appropriate.)
I'm not sure what you mean by "committer status" here. To become a PMC member currently requires an ASF login and this automatically gives committer karma on many projects. To get an ASF login requires an ICLA. AIUI there are no plans to relax these requirements. > --- > A. Soroka > The University of Virginia Library > >> On Oct 13, 2016, at 9:30 PM, Shane Curcuru <a...@shanecurcuru.org> wrote: >> >> Luciano Resende wrote on 10/13/16 9:20 PM: >>> On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 6:06 PM, Rich Bowen <rbo...@rcbowen.com> wrote: >>> >>>> 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. >>>> >>>> >>> +1, I just wished some of the existing projects are watching this thread. >>> >> This is exactly the kind of helpful guidance that folks should feel free >> to write content for the ComDev website. Much easier to share when it's >> at a permanent URL. >> >> https://community.apache.org/newbiefaq.html#websitecms >> >> And using the CMS, anyone can make suggested changes just from a web >> browser - even non-committers! >> >> - Shane >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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 > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org
