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> On Oct 16, 2018, at 1:25 AM, Serge Huber <shu...@jahia.com> wrote: > > > Actually I think there is a lot of documentation and in itself it can be a > bit daunting. Also for the committer request, it would be great if it could > be streamlined by doing some kind of online form but there is the question of > the digital signature that might be an issue. > > Also, some of the optional fields such as the Apache ID or the project name > should maybe be explained as less than optional. I’ve had the problem > recently that committers filled the ICLA without the optional fields, and > then the secretary asked for the ID and the project name. So this is putting > additional work on the secretary which could be avoided. > > In other words, it’s not that hard when you know the process, but when you’re > learning it and want to do the right thing by not bothering mentors for > everything, I think it is less straightforward than setting up an account on > Github, which I think is what a lot of people are comparing the experience > too (at least that’s the feedback I get usually). Your Mentors are the ones who need to update the roster in Whimsy. It used to be only the VP Incubator. If a Mentor is not helping drive onboarding then they aren’t engaged. Regards, Dave > > Regards, > Serge… > >> On 16 Oct 2018, at 10:06, Bertrand Delacretaz <bdelacre...@codeconsult.ch> >> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >>> On Mon, Oct 15, 2018 at 7:29 PM Benjamin Young <byo...@bigbluehat.com> >>> wrote: >>> ...I've continued to reach out to other initial committers to get them >>> through the >>> hoops here at Apache--which took <one of them> a few weeks of setup, >>> reading, etc... >>> Mostly, I think folks find the process daunting. :-/... >> >> I'm curious what's so hard, maybe we aren't explaining things properly? >> >> IMO an initial or elected committer needs to choose an Apache ID, >> register their iCLA, wait for their account to be created, sign up to >> their project's dev (and maybe private) list and they're in business. >> Ok, for now they also need to create accounts on Jira and Confluence >> if the project uses that. >> >> Is this what's considered too hard, or did I miss something? >> >> -Bertrand >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
