On Oct 2, 6:46 pm, Attila Szegedi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I agree with the sentiment. I quite obviously can't find time to work > on Rhino for months now. Norris does actually work on it from what I > can tell. > > I would love it if we could attract new developers; the thing is > though that Rhino is a volunteer effort (as most OSS projects are). > Soliciting volunteers sounds a bit like a contradiction in terms to > me. If someone is enthusiastic enough to want to be a committer, it is > they who need to reach the decision and come out with the intent. If > I'm soliciting people to become committers, then where's the volunteer > enthusiasm in it, right? > > We need people who understand the Rhino codebase, and know the > ECMA-262 spec. I actually have a favorite candidate for a new > committer for at least the last two years, judged by quality of > patches submitted to Bugzilla. I actually asked him about two years > ago already if he would like to become a committer, but he politely > declined then, citing how he has just enough work on his hands (which > is a perfectly respectable and valid reason; not that anyone needs to > actually explain themselves for *not* wanting to volunteer for > something). I won't cite a name, you know who you are, if you changed > your mind, I'll still gladly vouch for you on your commit access > request.
I have piled up a considerable heap of Rhino patches lately, so I'd also love to see things getting committed more smoothly. I know Norris is working on a big AST refactoring, but it would still be nice to get the small bugs fixed. I guess I'll have to come out as the one who was afraid of the beast two years ago when Attila made me that offer. While I'm still very busy and partially scared, I feel more confident I now about finding the time and making decisions, especially since I work with Rhino as part of my day job. So I'd be willing to become a committer if current committers want me. Should I proceed as described in <http://www.mozilla.org/hacking/ committer/> or wait for some kind of agreement? Hannes > Attila. > > On Oct 2, 2008, at 9:22 AM, Marc Guillemot wrote: > > > Hi, > > > what are the goals of the Rhino project? Are committers happy with the > > current state? > > > Personally I'm not happy at all with this lack of activity (1) as we > > (HtmlUnit project) need an healthy Rhino. > > > I understand that current committers may not always have the time / > > interest and this is not a critic to their engagement here but I think > > that more hands would help the project to progress faster! > > > So, please make the project more active, invite new committers (2), > > improve quality control to facilitate safe changes! From my experience > > in HtmlUnit, I can say that new committers *really* help to bring the > > project further. > > > Cheers, > > Marc. > > -- > > Web:http://www.efficient-webtesting.com > > Blog:http://mguillem.wordpress.com > > > (1) sorry if I don't see everything what you do. My appreciation is > > only > > base on what I can see in the mailing list and with regular update > > from CVS > > (2) this is not a request for myself. If you estimate that I can help > > based on the different patches that I've submitted, why not but what > > really matters for me is that the project is active. > > _______________________________________________ > > dev-tech-js-engine-rhino mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-js-engine-rhino _______________________________________________ dev-tech-js-engine-rhino mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-js-engine-rhino
