Comments in-line below. -Donald
--- "Geir Magnusson Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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@ +1 to allowing pre-screening by the PMC first and then a public review period. > > > > > 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. > +1 to automatic committer access to their incubator project, since they will probably have the most domain knowledge on the contributed code. As far as committer access to all of Geronimo, I believe it should follow the current practice today of waiting to see if the person is going to be a real contributor and then using the @dev feedback and voting for giving them committer access. > 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 > > -- > Geir Magnusson Jr > +1-203-665-6437 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
