In all honesty: What would I as a mentor do, to get the project rolling? Obvious: Ask the mailing list for an "Initial committer list". So, what's the point?
Jochen On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 1:25 PM, Greg Stein <gst...@gmail.com> wrote: > The NetBeans proposal (among many others in the past) has demonstrated a > significant "problem" with trying to establish an appropriate list of > initial committers. There are many people that want to be on, for various > reasons. Because they are committers, recent or historic. Or they want the > "prestige" to be there. Some people believe they "deserve" to be on the > list. etc etc > > Establishing the list is particularly difficult for large and old > communities. > > But. What if we just said "no such list" ? > > This will shift the initial voting of committers upon the Champion/Mentors > who will construct the entirety of the PPMC. But hey: aren't they supposed > to be involved? Aren't they supposed to demonstrate how to earn merit, and > the committership that results? > > This would also solve the problem of initial committers that have not > established any merit whatsoever. We've had many situations where people > simply add themselves to the list. Why? Cuz they chose to do so. It is sort > of silently allowed for IPMC members to add themselves. "I wanna join!" > BAM. It happens. > > So yeah. Radical thought: NO initial list. The PPMC is just the Champion + > Mentors. They will build the committers and PPMC according to merit. (note: > this could be *very* fast for a particular few highly-engaged with bringing > the project to the ASF) > > ??? > > Cheers, > -g -- The next time you hear: "Don't reinvent the wheel!" http://www.keystonedevelopment.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/evolution-of-the-wheel-300x85.jpg --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
