Sean, They made me a committer when all I was doing was hanging around and answering questions. You can stay a committer while you do the same. If you like, that is.
On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 6:43 AM, Sebastian Schelter <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Sean, > > It is part of the Apache way that "merit never expires" and in my eyes > just because you are not motivated to actively contribute any code at > the moment does not mean that you have to go emeritus. > > You are one of the key persons behind Mahout's success, a vital part of > the team and the community and I would be perfectly fine with you > staying a committer that "just" answers questions. > > That said if you still think that going emeritus is the right thing to > do for you, I respect that decision, but nevertheless it feels like > someone very valuable gets lost from the project. > > --sebastian > > > On 12.10.2012 11:10, Sean Owen wrote: > > All, I think that the pieces of Mahout that I have any working > > knowledge of have reached roughly the state they're going to reach, as > > reasonably stable and mature. I don't personally have plans or > > motivation to update or add to it significantly in Mahout. Because of > > this, and because I am short on the time to make changes here, I don't > > intend to put any significant work into the project going forward. I > > think it's right to reflect that by "going emeritus". I don't know if > > that means something formally, other than to say I don't mind not > > voting on project issues and having commit access since those things > > should belong to active members only. We can mange any process > > separately > > > > I would still like to stay on the mailing lists to answer questions of > > course, which is most all I am doing anyway. So, not much really > > changes except to perhaps set expectations (in JIRA, notably) > > appropriately. > > > > Sean > > > >
