On 2/1/02 7:05 PM, "Ted Husted" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The original idea of adding your name to the STATUS files was just to > help keep track of who was working on what. Not because of voting or > anything, but so people who know who to ping without digging through the > combined CVS or GREPing for @authors. > > But the same thing could be accomplished by documenting the > participating developer's name on the Web site. Here's a nice convention > (scroll to bottom): > > http://jakarta.apache.org/taglibs/doc/dbtags-doc/intro.html > > But there is nothing in the current charter that implies you have to be > in the STATUS file to vote. You are right. It's utterly pointless for anything official. It's not even required, being a guideline and not really part of the charter. (The guidelines were stuff we just added willy-nilly, IIRC) So why did Peter have to add his name? -- Geir Magnusson Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] System and Software Consulting "Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech." - Benjamin Franklin -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
