On 12/1/05, Martin Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 12/1/05, Henri Yandell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Let's imagine a manual existed for Commons committers. It would assume > > that a committer understands the ASF, ie) they've read the > > Apache-Committer-Manual (imagine that exists too). What would the > > chapters be? > > > > Initial list: > > > > * Short description of Commons/Introduction. > > * Communication. How to use the mailing lists. Voting. > > * Subversion information. How to check code out. > > * Maven information. How to build. > > * Site information. How to generate the site. How to upload your changes. > > * Releasing. How to release. > > * PMC. What they're there for (Commons point of view). > > * Legal. How to not screw-up. > > > > Am I missing anything? > > > Not sure if these would be in the "committers manual" or elsewhere, as I'm > similarly not sure that all of the above should be part of the manual rather > than for everyone to read. > > * How the sandbox works / how components get promoted. > * The whole active / dormant / dead process.
Definitely good chapters. They are concepts that currently only apply to Commons, not to all of the ASF. Hen --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
