cottage14 commented on code in PR #102: URL: https://github.com/apache/comdev-site/pull/102#discussion_r1172551026
########## source/contributor-ladder.md: ########## @@ -0,0 +1,122 @@ +--- +title: ASF Contributor Ladder +--- + +Projects at the ASF offer a way to grow in your responsibilites in the +project, from being a user, all the way up to being a maintainer of the +project. While the specific details may look different from one project +to another, the rungs of the ladder look mostly the same. + +* [User](#user) +* [Contributor](#contributor) +* [Committer](#committer) +* [PMC Member](#pmc-member) +* [ASF Member](#asf-member) +* [Officers of the Foundation](#officers-of-the-foundation) +* [Board of Directors](#board-of-directors) + +## User + +Everything that we do in an ASF project is for the user. As a user of an +Apache project, your responsibilities are just to enjoy the software. + +We encourage you to join the user mailing list to ask questions, and +make suggestions. Members of the project are there to help out when you +run into problems. You can find this list (or lists) by looking under the +project name on [lists.apache.org](https://lists.apache.org). + +As a user, you're expected to abide by the project's [code of +conduct](https://www.apache.org/foundation/policies/conduct), so that +interactions are polite, friendly, and helpful. + +As you become a power user of the project, you may consider becoming a +contributor. + +## Contributor + +While most people think of open source contributors as being coders, +there are a wider variety of ways that you can contribute to a project. + +Most users' first contribution will be to open a ticket on the project's +issue tracker, or to answer a less experienced user's questions. These +actions help shape the future direction of the project, and are +important contributions. + +We encourage you to join the project's developer mailing list at this +time, to engage with the dicussions about the direction that the project +is taking. You can find this list (or lists) by looking under the +project name on [lists.apache.org](https://lists.apache.org). + +Other contributions may include design, promotion, documentation +improvements, events, and may other things. + +[See more about being a contributor](/contributors). + +As you become more involved with contributint to the project, you may +want to work towards [becoming a +committer](/contribotirs/becomingacommitter). + +## Committer + +After making a number of contributions to a project, you may be invited +to become a committer. Note that the criteria for inviting a contributor +to become a committer will vary greatly from one project to another. + +Once you have been invited to becomg a committer, and have accepted this +invitation, you are authorized to commit changed directly to the +project's source code repository. Note, however, that different projects +may have different social norms around committing changes. + +Broadly referred to as CTR (Commit Then Review) and RTC (Review The +Commit), the exact mechanisms may vary. For example, you may be +authorized to commit documentation changes without approval, while code +changes may be submitted as a pull request, for other committers to +review and approve before they are merged. + +[See more information about being a committer](/committers). + +## PMC Member + +After being a committer for some time, you may be invited to be a member +of the project's Project Management Committee. This group acts as the +steering committee for the project, making decisions about the project's +road map, what features will be added, and other decisions around the +project. + +The PMC *should* be conducting all of these conversations on the public +developer mailing list(s), in the view of the entire community. A PMC +also has a private mailing list, which is for discussion of topics such +as the addition of new committers and PMC members, and any other +sensitive topics. + +[See more information about being a PMC member](/pmc). + +## Foundation Member + +When someone has been involved at the ASF for a while, they may be +invited to become a member of the Foundation. This entitles them to vote +for the Board of Directors, to participate in the members mailing list, Review Comment: members mailing list ==> members' mailing list -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org
