On Jul 11, 2005, at 10:56 PM, Alan D. Cabrera wrote:
I think that we should have a single simple process.
All vendors must propose the code donation to the community.
Embarrassing denials can be averted by creating a gmail account and
asking if people are interested in technology X going into Geronimo.
s/vendors/contributors/
Also, anyone can approach the PMC privately on
[EMAIL PROTECTED] if they wish to discuss a contribution before-
hand. I see nothing wrong with that, and yes, if satisfied, we then
ask the contributor to propose directly to the community on dev@
All code donations go into
/geronimo/incubator/donationx/*
The contributors would get restricted committer access to their
project; granting committer access gives us better visibility how
well the person works in a community setting. They and, hopefully
Geronimo committers, would whip it into shape. The community would
provide guidance and, hopefully, vote it into Geronimo once its
ready and all the appropriate paper work was obtained.
The "probationary" committers would, hopefully, get voted into
Geronimo, regardless of their projects status. I have never heard
of a motivated developer not getting committer access.
I'd like to propose a slight modification. That we give them
committer access w/o a formal, restricted ACL, but a clear
understanding that there's a place where they are bring brought in to
work, and if they wish to participate elsewhere, they do so via
standard engagement of working with others, learning about the area,
proposing changes on dev@ etc, until they and others are comfortable,
etc.
Any change can be vetoed, and any change can be rolled back. I think
we should assume a level of trust, and if broken, commit priv can be
revoked.
Just consider for a little while. I believe that this won't be a
popular suggestion, but the risk is small, and the upside great, it
keeps things simple, and I believe leads to a more unified, richer
community. :)
geir
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