On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 07:06, Leo Simons <m...@leosimons.com> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 8:23 AM, William A. Rowe, Jr. > <wr...@rowe-clan.net> wrote: >> Greg Stein wrote: >>> >>> Sponsors >>> * Champion: Greg Stein >> >> Cool >> >>> * Nominated Mentors: Justin Erenkrantz, Greg Stein, Sander Striker, Daniel >>> Rall >> >> Once again, caution against committers == mentors (== 'project leads'). >> It puts certain committers above others, an inequitable situation. > > But it has the huge advantage of making sure that the mentors are > actively engaged all the time, know quite a lot about the podling's > situation, and are already well-known and trusted by the project's > community. I would say the very clear benefits far outweigh the > potential problems, and I prefer the model like that. > > Most communities have situations where certain people have more power > than others whether officially or in practice, and communities that > can't deal with that have other issues.
Very well said! Cheers, -g --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
