On 9 Jul 2024, at 10:29, Bertrand Delacretaz <bdelacre...@codeconsult.ch> wrote: > On Tue, Jul 9, 2024 at 1:55 AM tison <wander4...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Now that no objection to using MPMC as an abbreviation, I file this draft >> [1] so that we can improve the wording and start to spread the word. >> >> [1] https://github.com/apache/www-site/pull/388 ... > > Sorry that I am chiming in late here - I have commented there that I > do object to creating (lots of) new acronyms. > > For people who only occasionally interact with an organization, > acronyms create useless barriers in communication. We do have a good > number of those already, I think creating more of them for > non-critical purposes is not good. > > I don't see what's wrong with saying "Member of a PMC" or "PMC > Member". That's clear, factual, and if sometimes people say "PMC" but > mean "PMC member" that's not dramatic, and easy to fix.
And it has the very nice side effect of not abstracting something and risk a `not my problem’. One is addressed as a member of something. So I would feel a strong relation or impetus to act that if it was a MoaPMC abstraction that is harder to relate to ‘me' Dw --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
