Re: Inactive committers (was: Becoming a committer)

2012-08-14 Thread Scott Delamater
Adding to Bertrand's comments, there are some of us on the committer's list that aren't actively committing at the moment, but monitoring things closely and still very committed. The project is in a pretty unique phase, and there are certain people that are a good fit for the current set and volume

Re: Becoming a committer

2012-08-13 Thread Greg Reddin
On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 11:03 AM, Carol Frampton wrote: > > Some time in the not too distant future, before we exit incubation, I have > heard there is the possibility that original committers who have > "disappeared" or maybe never appeared will be removed from the committer > list. I know there

Re: Becoming a committer

2012-08-13 Thread Carol Frampton
On 8/13/12 11 :49AM, "Guthmann, Scott" wrote: >> But, you did the right thing by asking your questions so that everyone >>who wants to become a committer can understand the process a bit better >>as well. Thanks for your contributions so far, and I expect nothing >>less from you in the future

Inactive committers (was: Becoming a committer)

2012-08-13 Thread Bertrand Delacretaz
Hi, On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 5:49 PM, Guthmann, Scott wrote: > There are several people who are on the committer list who haven't > commented, > haven't contributed via this mailing list, haven't opened or closed a JIRA > ticket, and > probably haven't done much in several months for the Apa

RE: Becoming a committer

2012-08-13 Thread Guthmann, Scott
> But, you did the right thing by asking your questions so that everyone who > wants to become a committer can understand the process a bit better as well. > Thanks for your contributions so far, and I expect nothing less from you in > the future :-) I agree with Om - Erik has been doing a good

Re: Becoming a committer

2012-08-13 Thread Bertrand Delacretaz
On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 12:01 AM, Om wrote: > ...People who consistently contribute and are active on > the mailing list will not go unnoticed Note that that requires PPMC members to actively look at who could be invited as committers - a good time to look at that is when the PPMC has to writ

Re: Becoming a committer

2012-08-12 Thread Om
Erik, You have been providing some very good patches and it is not being ignored. I was in a very similar state as you a few months ago. The PPMC did not ignore me. Please keep your trust in the PPMC and continue doing what you are doing. People who consistently contribute and are active on th

Re: Becoming a committer

2012-08-12 Thread Erik de Bruin
Thank you, Jeff You've made this a lot clearer for me. I must say I don't agree with this process at all, but as most often it is probably better to work from inside the system if you want change it. I'll be a good boy from now on :-) On a side note: I don't work on the project because of self in

Re: Becoming a committer

2012-08-12 Thread Erik de Bruin
> As you can see, punctuation makes a world of a difference. As I thought adding a smiley at the end of a statement did. I was trying to drop end the argument with a little joke. I guess I need to work on my "timing" ;-) Patch Adams (the contributor formerly known as EdB) -- Ix Multimedia S

Re: Becoming a committer

2012-08-12 Thread Jeffry Houser
On 8/12/2012 11:32 AM, Erik de Bruin wrote: I guess in theory you don't know when you're ready to be considered. It is completely subjective. You have to do enough work for a PPMC member to notice and/or care. In this case the "work" will most likely be through submitting patches [or other c

Re: Becoming a committer

2012-08-12 Thread Omar Gonzalez
On Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 8:32 AM, Erik de Bruin wrote: > > I guess in theory you don't know when you're ready to be considered. > It is > > completely subjective. You have to do enough work for a PPMC member to > > notice and/or care. In this case the "work" will most likely be through > > sub

Re: Becoming a committer

2012-08-12 Thread Erik de Bruin
> I guess in theory you don't know when you're ready to be considered. It is > completely subjective. You have to do enough work for a PPMC member to > notice and/or care. In this case the "work" will most likely be through > submitting patches [or other code] through JIRA. Wow. I was just abo

Re: Becoming a committer

2012-08-12 Thread Jeffry Houser
On 8/12/2012 11:02 AM, Erik de Bruin wrote: There is no checklist. There are no guidelines we can provide you. So, basically, it is an arbitrary process one has no control over and no insight in with regard to status or progress? I can imagine that puts off a lot of people who might otherwise h

Re: Becoming a committer

2012-08-12 Thread Jeffry Houser
On 8/12/2012 10:45 AM, Erik de Bruin wrote: In all, can someone in the know clarify "who you have to kill to become a committer"? It is up to the PPMC. Yes, that is how it is 'explained' in the documentation. But explaining WHO decides does not really answer the question: "how do I know if I'm

Re: Becoming a committer

2012-08-12 Thread Omar Gonzalez
On Sunday, August 12, 2012, Erik de Bruin wrote: > > There is no checklist. > > > > There are no guidelines we can provide you. > > So, basically, it is an arbitrary process one has no control over and > no insight in with regard to status or progress? I can imagine that > puts off a lot of people

Re: Becoming a committer

2012-08-12 Thread Erik de Bruin
> There is no checklist. > > There are no guidelines we can provide you. So, basically, it is an arbitrary process one has no control over and no insight in with regard to status or progress? I can imagine that puts off a lot of people who might otherwise have made valuable contributions :-( > Ju

Re: Becoming a committer

2012-08-12 Thread Omar Gonzalez
On Sunday, August 12, 2012, Erik de Bruin wrote: > >> In all, can someone in the know clarify "who you have to kill to > >> become a committer"? > > > > It is up to the PPMC. > > Yes, that is how it is 'explained' in the documentation. But > explaining WHO decides does not really answer the questi

Re: Becoming a committer

2012-08-12 Thread Erik de Bruin
>> In all, can someone in the know clarify "who you have to kill to >> become a committer"? > > It is up to the PPMC. Yes, that is how it is 'explained' in the documentation. But explaining WHO decides does not really answer the question: "how do I know if I'm ready to be considered, and, if not,

Re: Becoming a committer

2012-08-12 Thread Omar Gonzalez
On Sunday, August 12, 2012, Erik de Bruin wrote: > Yes, I do want that, but that's not what this email is about. Well it > is, but in a roundabout way :-) > > All the documentation and comments I could find talk about WHAT you > have to do, but not HOW MUCH of that 'what'. And nothing tells you ho

Becoming a committer

2012-08-12 Thread Erik de Bruin
Yes, I do want that, but that's not what this email is about. Well it is, but in a roundabout way :-) All the documentation and comments I could find talk about WHAT you have to do, but not HOW MUCH of that 'what'. And nothing tells you how to go about making your desire to become a committer know