On Sun, 24 Jun 2007, Garrett D'Amore wrote: > I don't think I have a grant of any kind from this community. > > But I would say that unless the _only_ thing that the Desktop community is > doing is spec files, then it doesn't make sense to use that as a (sole) > metric for grants.
Well I totally agree. I suppose I could have been more clear when I said "Additionally, in the interest of establishing a general policy in this regard...". I didn't mean the Desktop Community in general, I meant SFE contributors in general (as opposed to making this a one-off request for one person.) Eric > And indeed, any particular metric is likely to fall apart > at some time. I'd think nomination by "n" (for some small value of "n") of > core contributors, and no nays from the current core contributors, would be > sufficient. > > Certainly, it does make sense to give grants out to folks who have > demonstrated by their repeated contributions (of any kind) to the projects > that are being endorsed by the community. > > -- Garrett > > Eric Boutilier wrote: >> I'd like to request core contributor status[1] in the Desktop community >> group for my contributions[2] to the spec-files-extra project (aka >> pkgbase). Additionally, in the interest of establishing a general >> policy in this regard, I'd like to propose that core contributor status >> in the Desktop community group be granted to members who make/made at >> least one contribution (change or create, plus commit) to some minimum >> number of different spec files. >> >> Thoughts in general? >> >> In specific, how about setting the number at 25? Too high? Too low? >> Just right? >> >> If it were 25, it would have the following effect[3]: The OpenSolaris >> grant status of five people would be elevated. Two would be changed >> from contributor (in the Desktop CG) to core contributor, and three >> (who currently have no grant status) would become core contributors. >> >> --Eric >> >> >> [1] Currently the following people have core contributor status >> in the Desktop community group: davelam - Dave Lin; dcarbery >> - Damien Carbery; dermot - Dermot McCluskey; dkenny - Darren >> Kenny; gman - Glynn Foster; laca - Laca Peter; padraig - >> Padraig O'Briain; yippi - Brian Cameron >> >> [2] In specific, I've made change/create + commit contributions >> once or more to ~105 different spec files. >> >> [3] Based on an "unaudited" analysis of change log notes I >> just did. >> _______________________________________________ >> desktop-discuss mailing list >> desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org > >
