Hi, I think maintainer is also fine if we clearly specify that they are not meant as dictators or gatekeepers of the component that they are responsible for.
-Aljoscha On Wed, 1 Jun 2016 at 09:48 Vasiliki Kalavri <vasilikikala...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > we could go for something like "sponsor" or "champion" :) > I'm fine with the proposal. Good to see more than 1 person for both Gelly > and Table API. > > cheers, > -V. > > On 1 June 2016 at 05:46, Tzu-Li (Gordon) Tai <tzuli...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I'd like to be added to the Streaming Connectors component (already > edited > > Wiki) :) > > > > Ah, naming, one of the hardest problems in programming :P Some comments: > > I agree with Robert that the name "maintainers" will be somewhat > misleading > > regarding the authoritative difference with committers / PMCs, especially > > for future newcomers to the community who don't come across the original > > discussion on this thread. > > > > Simone's suggestion of Overseer seems good. The name naturally matches > its > > role - > > - A group of "Overseers" for components, who keeps an eye on related mail > > threads, known limitations and issues, JIRAs, open PRs, requested > features, > > and potential new overseers and committers, etc, for the component > > (original > > maintainer role). > > - A "Shepherd" for individual PRs, assigned from the overseers of the > > component with the aim to guide the submitting contributor. Overseers > > typically pick up new PRs to shepherd themselves, or the leading overseer > > allocates an overseer to shepherd a PR which hasn't been picked up yet > > after > > a certain period of time. > > > > Or perhaps we can also simply go for "Shepherds" for components and > > "Assigned Shepherd" for individual PRs? > > > > > > > > -- > > View this message in context: > > > http://apache-flink-mailing-list-archive.1008284.n3.nabble.com/PROPOSAL-Structure-the-Flink-Open-Source-Development-tp11598p11932.html > > Sent from the Apache Flink Mailing List archive. mailing list archive at > > Nabble.com. > > >
