Glyph, I support this idea. I like the fact that it gives a clear goal (5 submitted patches, 5 reviews, and 2 accepted submissions) towards which people interested in committing can work.
-Chris (herrwolfe) > On Feb 2, 2015, at 1:18 PM, Glyph Lefkowitz <gl...@twistedmatrix.com> wrote: > > A few months ago, the question of an official process for obtaining commit > access was raised. > > The discussion lead to this proposal - > https://twistedmatrix.com/trac/wiki/Proposal/ContributorAdvancementPath > <https://twistedmatrix.com/trac/wiki/Proposal/ContributorAdvancementPath>. I > like that proposal, but it is still incomplete: to wit, it defines a template > for how roles might be defined but does not actually define any roles. It > also seems to be a bit overly ambitious, just from the observed reaction of > nobody having the time to implement it :). > > So I have a proposal for a scaled back process that nevertheless would give > us something official-ish: > > Not all committers are actively involved in the project at all times, so we > should form a "committer committee" of people who are interested in > evaluating candidates. If you would like to do that and you're already a > committer, please contact me and I'll add you to the list. I want to do this > so there's somewhere to apply to which isn't just a public mailing list or > discussion, since public discussions can create social pressure to grant > someone commit just to be nice, and rejections might be perceived as mean. > > Candidates should submit an application to this new list, > com...@twistedmatrix.com <mailto:com...@twistedmatrix.com> which is a list of > links to at least 10 tickets, at least 5 of which are patches they've > submitted, and at least 5 of which are code reviews they've done which have > been accepted by a committer. At least 2 of their authored patches should > have gone all the way through the process to be landed. > > As with the other parts of our process, if there is at least one sponsor, and > no objections from anyone on the committee within 7 days, any member of the > committee may add the committer. > > New committers should then be announced on the mailing list. > > This is not really an ideal process - particularly, it lacks a good way to > give contributors something specific and useful to do - but it's something at > least. If there is general assent that this is an improvement, I'll go make > a wiki page and a mailing list. > > -glyph > > _______________________________________________ > Twisted-Python mailing list > Twisted-Python@twistedmatrix.com > http://twistedmatrix.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/twisted-python
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