-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Discussion of a potential new committer should take place on the project's > PPMC list (normally, it would take place on a project's TLP list). After > vetting the new candidate, the vote can take place either on the PPMC list > (with notice posted to the Incubator PMC list) or on the developer list (with > a notice posted to the Incubator's general list). The latter practice of a > private discussion followed by a public, pro-forma, vote is re-emerging as a > Best Practice for ASF projects.
This last bit troubles me a bit. I can't say I've seen this 're-emergence' but that's probably my shortcoming in not tracking discussions. pro forma: made or carried out in a perfunctory manner or as a formality In other words, lip-service. Why? I don't like the idea of discussions about people's merit (or the people themselves, for that matter) happening in public right in their faces. For one thing, people have a tendency to be less candid; for another there's no anonymity to the vote; and finally (and most important) I think it's unfair to the individual in question, who will get all anxious and wound up as the voting proceeds. 'Will I make it?' 'What's *his* problem?' and other such distractions from coding. - -- #ken P-)} Ken Coar, Sanagendamgagwedweinini http://Ken.Coar.Org/ Author, developer, opinionist http://Apache-Server.Com/ "Millennium hand and shrimp!" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iQCVAwUBQsb8rprNPMCpn3XdAQFX5AQAvJF2+ms95JEPzIe8vvMyNIaOp3+yr8NE FC5TaXYQA0wKJQvXNFenoix7cCQcBMKzuukguOoyKK8xbFEz4AW8A+9dTeSgMNeE dEvZ7UFzw+gqRZuXRzg42/qWTGoBRMExC5xJnoKBefy/fQ+H8Gm/VOd/Qx+RuPjy sh8y4iwGc/U= =Tz/3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
