Reminder, ASF has at least one *Member* who doesn't (didn't?) know how to operate source control. But very valuable to the foundation in other ways.
Cheers On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 11:04 PM, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 14 October 2016 at 15:13, A. Soroka <aj...@virginia.edu> wrote: > > I was responding to a previous message from Greg Chase: > > > > https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/34f2f4859aac61141cfe903a692c58 > 06e50282eb6ca388a7f8959d35@%3Cdev.community.apache.org%3E > > > > but perhaps I read too much into his remark "As a frequent non-code > contributor to several projects, having people like us as PMC (or PPMC) > members seems to do the trick." > > I see. > > In order to commit, one must be a committer, but the reverse is not true. > People with committer status don't have to commit code. > They may commit docn or not commit at all. > > > --- > > A. Soroka > > The University of Virginia Library > > > >> On Oct 14, 2016, at 10:08 AM, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> 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 > >> > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > > -- Niclas Hedhman, Software Developer http://zest.apache.org - New Energy for Java
