I did not take sandbox commits into account, since the sandbox is open to any jakarta, or indeed, apache commmitter.
I.e., I was treating jakarta-commons-sandbox as a different kind of repository. So, so far we're moving Ted and Arun over to the active category. On Thu, 13 Nov 2003, Martin Cooper wrote: > I'm OK with this in principle. However, there would appear to be a bug in > the process used to determine the initial list. For example, Ted Husted > has been active quite recently: > > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=jakarta-commons-dev&m=106502784302590&w=2 > > Perhaps you did not take sandbox commits into account? > > -- > Martin Cooper > > > > On Thu, 13 Nov 2003, Rodney Waldhoff 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. > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- - Rod <http://radio.weblogs.com/0122027/> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
