Re: [DISCUSS] Apache Wave Sub Committees

2013-06-24 Thread John Blossom
It's perhaps superficial, but if you call these "working groups" then perhaps that takes away some of the hoop-jumping perception. These are sub-communities which try to attract people who can help to solve specific problems. I like the scheme. On Joseph's point 1a, I think that it would be accept

Re: [DISCUSS] Apache Wave Sub Committees

2013-06-23 Thread Joseph Gentle
Yeah that makes an awful lot of sense. In that case, I think its a great idea. I'm in. -J On Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 6:27 PM, Michael MacFadden wrote: > Joseph, > > I think I should make it clear that the committee has absolutely no > authority. A committer does not have to check with a committee

Re: [DISCUSS] Apache Wave Sub Committees

2013-06-23 Thread Michael MacFadden
Joseph, I think I should make it clear that the committee has absolutely no authority. A committer does not have to check with a committee to commit something or to make a change. The committee gets no special voting rights. The only idea of the committee is to have 2-5 people who commit to mak

Re: [DISCUSS] Apache Wave Sub Committees

2013-06-23 Thread Joseph Gentle
These are the steps I think we should take around the new federation protocol: 1a. Figure out a p2p-capable OT algorithm & design that we're all happy with. Make an in-process proof-of-implementation & randomizer to convince myself its correct & not horrendously slow. 1b. Decide what data structu

[DISCUSS] Apache Wave Sub Committees

2013-06-23 Thread Michael MacFadden
Wavers, Apache is an open community and a do-ocracy. We don't have a hierarchical structure and anyone is welcome to contribute in any way they wish. This is a key principle of being an Apache project. At the same time we need to start to have focus in several key areas in order to progress.