Hi Tison,
I’m sympathetic as well.
> On Jul 2, 2024, at 5:11 PM, tison <wander4...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Greg,
>
> I saw this kind of thread many times, and I also corrected it dozens
> of times. Actually, this is part of the reason for [1] ("Maintainer"
> as an alias of PMC Member?).
>
> [1] https://lists.apache.org/thread/xsjojmksqtnsdjcg0yf4vz0xy82llhmw
That quickly turned into a not very sympathetic response from most. An easy
what to name the Bikeshed. I think that most of our group are people whose
second language is python, java, or fortran and their first language is some
version of English.
>
> Somehow, I share the sympathy for non-native speakers to make an
> analogy between committer and "PMC" since they're all one-word
> phrases.
Maybe explain it from your perspective as a speaker of Mandarin (or
Cantonese?). How does the phrase Committee Member translate compared to
Committee.
Best,
Dave
>
> Best,
> tison.
>
> Greg Stein <gst...@gmail.com> 于2024年7月2日周二 17:05写道：
>>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I am getting really tired of seeing people refer to *MEMBERS* of a PMC as
>> "PMCs".
>>
>> PMC stands for Project Management Committee.
>>
>> You have MEMBERS of that PMC.
>>
>> People are never to be called a PMC, nor a group of them as PMCs. People
>> are not committees. The acronym "PMC" is short for a committee, not a
>> person.
>>
>> Please stop the confusion. Teach the community how to use the proper terms.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Greg
>
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