coar 98/01/29 04:30:11
Modified: . ABOUT_APACHE.html
Log:
Partial update to bring the HTML version into sync with the
plaintext version. More to come..
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--- ABOUT_APACHE.html 1997/12/15 16:53:14 1.10
+++ ABOUT_APACHE.html 1998/01/29 12:30:10 1.11
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
</P>
<HR SIZE="4">
<H2>
- Current Apache Group in alphabetical order as of 1 November 1997:
+ Current Apache Group in alphabetical order as of 1 January 1998:
</H2>
<DL>
<DD>
@@ -154,7 +154,8 @@
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
- <TD>Mark J.
Cox
+ <TD>Mark J.
+ Cox
</TD>
<TD>C2Net Europe, UK
</TD>
@@ -172,13 +173,15 @@
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
- <TD>Dean
Gaudet
+ <TD>Dean
+ Gaudet
</TD>
<TD>Transmeta Corporation, California
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
- <TD>Rob
Hartill
+ <TD>Rob
+ Hartill
</TD>
<TD>Internet Movie DB, UK
</TD>
@@ -202,7 +205,8 @@
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
- <TD>Ben
Laurie
+ <TD>Ben
+
Laurie
</TD>
<TD>Freelance Consultant, UK
</TD>
@@ -232,13 +236,15 @@
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
- <TD>Paul
Sutton
+ <TD>Paul
+ Sutton
</TD>
<TD>C2Net Europe, UK
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
- <TD>Marc
Slemko
+ <TD>Marc
+ Slemko
</TD>
<TD>Canada
</TD>
@@ -271,15 +277,15 @@
<DD>
<TABLE>
<TR>
- <TD>Robert S. Thau
+ <TD>David Robinson
</TD>
- <TD>MIT, Massachusetts
+ <TD>Cambridge University, UK
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
- <TD>David Robinson
+ <TD>Robert S. Thau
</TD>
- <TD>Cambridge University, UK
+ <TD>MIT, Massachusetts
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
@@ -335,13 +341,17 @@
If you just want to send in an occasional suggestion/fix, then you can
just use the bug reporting form at
<<A
- HREF="http://www.apache.org/bugdb.cgi";
- ><SAMP>http://www.apache.org/bugdb.cgi</SAMP></A>>.
+ HREF="http://www.apache.org/bug_report.html";
+ ><SAMP>http://www.apache.org/bug_report.html</SAMP></A>>.
You can also subscribe to the
announcements mailing list (<SAMP>[EMAIL PROTECTED]</SAMP>)
which we use to
broadcast information about new releases, bugfixes, and upcoming
- events.
+ events. There's a lot of information about the development process (much
+ of it in serious need of updating) to be found at
+ <<A
+ HREF="http://dev.apache.org/";
+ ><SAMP>http://dev.apache.org/</SAMP></A>>.
</P>
<BLOCKQUOTE>
<STRONG>NOTE:</STRONG>
@@ -359,9 +369,19 @@
The Apache Development Process
</H2>
<P>
+ There is a core group of contributors (informally called the
"core")
+ which was formed from the project founders and is augmented from time
+ to time when core members nominate outstanding contributors and the
+ rest of the core members agree. The core group focus is more on
+ "business" issues and limited-circulation things like
+ security problems
+ than on mainstream code development. The term "The Apache Group"
+ technically refers to this core of project contributors.
+ </P>
+ <P>
The Apache Group is a meritocracy -- the more work you have done, the more
you are allowed to do. The group founders set the original rules, but
- they can be changed by vote of the active members. There is a core group
+ they can be changed by vote of the active members. There is a group
of people who have logins on our server and access to the
CVS repository. Everyone has access to the CVS snapshots. Changes to
the code are proposed on the mailing list and usually voted on by active
@@ -376,9 +396,13 @@
tone. We discuss new features to add, bug fixes, user problems,
developments
in the web server community, release dates, etc. The actual code
development
takes place on the developers' local machines, with proposed changes
- communicated using a patch (output of a context "diff -c3 oldfile newfile"
+ communicated using a patch (output of a unified
+ "diff -u oldfile newfile"
command), and committed to the source repository by one of the core
- developers using remote CVS.
+ developers using remote CVS. Anyone on the mailing list can vote on a
+ particular issue, but we only count those made by active members or
+ people who are known to be experts on that part of the server. Vetoes
+ must be accompanied by a convincing explanation.
</P>
<P>
New members of the Apache Group are added when a frequent contributor is
@@ -392,7 +416,7 @@
explanation.
</P>
<P>
- The above describes our past and current (as of June 1997) guidelines,
+ The above describes our past and current (as of January 1998) guidelines,
which will probably change over time as the membership of the group
changes and our development/coordination tools improve.
</P>
