On Sunday, August 12, 2012, Erik de Bruin wrote: > >> In all, can someone in the know clarify "who you have to kill to > >> become a committer"? > > > > It is up to the PPMC. > > Yes, that is how it is 'explained' in the documentation. But > explaining WHO decides does not really answer the question: "how do I > know if I'm ready to be considered, and, if not, how much of what does > it take to be eligible for consideration?" > > To clarify: I, like many others (I imagine), have limited resources to > donate to the project. Instead of hacking around patching patches and > waiting for someone to get round to committing the code, I'd rather > spend the little time I have coding, testing and submitting the result > myself. I understand this is not a free for all and there is a process > to the whole contributor -> committer road. But, having said that, I > submit that some insight in the process and some transparency about > the actual requirements will go a long way to keep us patchers > patching along until "we get noticed by the PPMC"... > > EdB > > > > -- > Ix Multimedia Software > > Jan Luykenstraat 27 > 3521 VB Utrecht > > T. 06-51952295 > I. www.ixsoftware.nl > > > > P.S. I would like everybody to know that as of this morning I broke my > personal record for days lived. >
There is no checklist. There are no guidelines we can provide you. Just keep submitting patches and contributing, that's how it happens. -omar
