On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 9:39 AM, Rich Bowen <rbo...@rcbowen.com> wrote: > If a project decides not to make a certain individual a committer, the Board > *will not* step in to police that, as you say. It is the project's decision > who will be a committer.
Right. At the same time if the hypothetical PMC repeatedly fails at fostering the community by recognizing certain types of merit I will expect the board to get involved at some point. But! It will expect it to get involved b/c of the community shepherding issue, not so much because a procedural guideline has been violated. I know this may be irritatingly nebulous (especially to folks who haven't been around long enough to benefit from the ASF osmosis) but I feel this is one the key things I *really* like about how ASF is governed. Thanks, Roman.
