Let me try that again, this time with content! I've dropped private@, since this doesn't belong there.
On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 3:30 PM, Rohit Yadav <rohit.ya...@shapeblue.com> wrote: > Hi, > > > Daan Hoogland wrote: >> >> I do not see why the PMC should drive defining the >> standard. This is something that should be carried and cherished by >> all developers. > > > In my experience when something is everyone's responsibility, eventually > no one is responsible for it. > > I think the PMC should drive it because IMHO the PMC comprises of our > project management folks who have decision making powers and are > officially responsible for the project as recognized by the ASF [1]. > > Therefore, I'm requesting our PMC to come up with a convention along > with committers/developers on this issue and enforce it using some > tooling etc. > > [1] http://www.apache.org/dev/pmc.htm Everyone here is part of the community, and everyone deserves a say in how this is done. If you're suggesting that PMC members should be involved in this discussion, agreed! But should should committers and contributors!