On Oct 3, 3:30 am, Hannes Wallnoefer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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
Excellent! Yes, proceed with http://www.mozilla.org/hacking/committer/ and Attila and I will vouch for you. I look forward to your help. --Norris _______________________________________________ dev-tech-js-engine-rhino mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-js-engine-rhino
