Chris speaks Truth. (I'm looking at *you*, Mark Thomas)
On Mon, Jul 8, 2024 at 7:41 AM Christofer Dutz <christofer.d...@c-ware.de> wrote: > And there’s only one thing Greg hates even more as people calling someone > or themselves a PMC … > > Try eating a burger with a knife and a fork and he’ll go nuclear. > > You will receive a detailed instruction on how it is built in order to be > consumed how ;-) > > Chris > > Von: larry mccay <lmc...@apache.org> > Datum: Montag, 8. Juli 2024 um 14:25 > An: general@incubator.apache.org <general@incubator.apache.org> > Betreff: Re: PMC is a committee > Any request that could be misunderstood to mean the entire PMC should > really be accompanied by a DISCUSS or VOTE thread or some other record of a > committee discussion. > There is nothing wrong with educating folks on the correct acronyms but > personally I really don't see that one sticking - it is too similar and > longer than PMC. > It's good that we already have one to use though. > > Reinforcing the fact that any communication that references a decision of > the entire PMC requires a record of the discussion is likely more strongly > aligned with what we actually need. > > Of course, there's nothing wrong with both. > > On Mon, Jul 8, 2024 at 6:39 AM Greg Stein <gst...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Sun, Jul 7, 2024 at 10:47 PM Joe Witt <joew...@apache.org> wrote: > > > > > Greg > > > > > > It isnt wrong to correct improper usage particularly when there is a > > > specific case that caused actual confusion. > > > > > > > I appreciate the concept of "correct the usage when you see it", and I > > *have* been doing that for several years now. Probably once a month or > two, > > over and over for years. The improper usage isn't stopping, so I'm > raising > > the concern here. The wider community simply needs to understand the > > acronym means a committee, and stop using it for individuals. It is a > > simple definitional solution to this longstanding problem that I feel has > > not improved since my first whack-a-mole message to correct the improper > > usage. > > > > Cheers,. > > -g > > >
