--- "Shapira, Yoav" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Howdy, > +1, and it seems like the final list was already in Senor Waldhoff's > original email...
That was the proposed list. I was just saying that people may object to being removed and it may take a while to get to the final list. David > > Yoav Shapira > Millennium ChemInformatics > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: David Graham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 12:43 PM > >To: Jakarta Commons Developers List > >Subject: Re: [PROPOSAL] emeritus committers? > > > >+1 though I suspect determining the final list to remove will take a > >while. > > > >David > > > >--- Rodney Waldhoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> There is a perception in some circles that Jakarta as a whole, and > >> Jakarta > >> Commons in particular, is too large for sufficient PMC oversight. > In > >> my > >> opinion, particularly with respect to Jakarta Commons, this is not > the > >> case, but one way to combat that perception is to recognize that > >> although > >> the CVS avail file lists 72 committers for the jakarta-commons > >> repository > >> (see > http://cvs.apache.org/~rwaldhoff/jakarta/jakarta-committers.html), > >> not all of those folks are actively working in Jakarta Commons > anymore. > >> Removing inactive committers from the avail file (and naming them > >> emeritus > >> committers) is one way to recognize that fact. > >> > >> The jakarta guidelines state "At times, Committers may go inactive > for a > >> variety of reasons. A Committer that has been inactive for 6 months > or > >> more may lose their status as a Committer. Getting access back is as > >> simple as re-requesting it on the project's Developer mailing list." > >> <http://jakarta.apache.org/site/roles.html> > >> > >> The following 16 folks are listed in the CVS avail file, but have not > >> made > >> any commits in the past year (since 13 Nov 2002): > >> > >> amamment - Arun Mammen Thomas > >> arron - Arron Bates > >> conor - Conor MacNeill > >> dsale - Doug Sale > >> dwinterfeldt - David Winterfeldt > >> hammant - Paul Hammant > >> husted - Ted Husted > >> jariw - jariw AT hyperlink-interactive DOT co DOT uk > >> jefft - Jeff Turner > >> marcsaeg - Marc Saegesser > >> mas - Michael Smith > >> nacho - Ignacio J. Ortega > >> noel - Noel J. Bergman > >> paulo - Paulo Gaspar > >> serge - Serge Knystautas > >> vmassol - Vincent Massol > >> > >> It may be that some of these folks have been "active" in non-CVS > ways, > >> for > >> instance, by posting to the commons-user or commons-dev lists, I > haven't > >> checked (nor am I exactly sure how I could programmaticly check > that). > >> > >> Removing those 16 would reduce the number of active committers to 56, > a > >> more that 20% reduction in the perceived size of jakarta-commons (by > >> that > >> metric at least). > >> > >> Just to clarify, I have no issues with any or all of those folks > >> maintaining access to the jakarta-commons CVS module, nor is this > some > >> sort of judgment of a lack of activity (indeed there are a number of > >> folks > >> on that list that I have a lot of respect for). Rather, this is a > >> recognition that those folks have moved on for the time being and an > >> attempt to make the perceived size of Jakarta Commons more accurately > >> reflect the reality of the matter. As the guidelines state, a simple > >> post > >> to commons-dev would be all that is needed to restore direct CVS > access > >> and reverse the inactive status. > >> > >> The Proposal: > >> > >> Unless anyone on that list wants to declare themselves "active" right > >> now > >> (or someone else can vouch for some sort of commons related activity > in > >> the past year or so), let's invoke that paragraph of the jakarta > >> guidelines and declare these folks "inactive" committers. > Specifically, > >> let's: > >> > >> (1) remove those folks from the avail file and > >> > >> (2) add an "emeritus committers" page (or section of some existing > page) > >> to the jakarta-commons website that acknowledges their contributions > and > >> indicates the mechanism by which they can once again get CVS access. > >> > >> -- > >> - Rod <http://radio.weblogs.com/0122027/> > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > > > > > >__________________________________ > >Do you Yahoo!? > >Protect your identity with Yahoo! 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