Hi Julian, That makes a lot of sense as a better alternative to the whole nomination process.
On 2024/01/11 23:56:13 Julian Hyde wrote: > I don't think the process needs to be very formal (e.g. included in > the bylaws) or agreed before graduation. But it does need to be an > organizational habit. This discussion thread, if it reaches consensus, > could be all the process we need. > > KVRocks' template email starts 'I nominate...'. I think it's important > to lower the bar to discussing new committers and PMC members, so we > can talk about people who "might be ready". Because often they *are* > ready. It could be a simple email to private@: > > > [DISCUSS] Alex Doe for committer > > > > I think Alex Doe has been doing some good work recently[1]. They have > > made a couple of good PRs, one of which has been merged, and have > > also been answering a lot of questions in the forums. > > > > Do you think Alex has earned enough merit, or should we wait a couple of > > months? > > > > [1] https://github.com/apache/incubator-sdap-nexus/commits?author=alexdoe > > In my experience, once there has been a good discussion, the voting > process is very straightforward. > > SDAP should also set a policy (if it doesn't have one) about whether > it is possible to be a committer without being a PMC member. > > Julian > > On Wed, Jan 10, 2024 at 12:57 PM Riley Kuttruff <r...@apache.org> wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > While working through the maturity model, I noticed SDAP doesn't seem to > > have a documented, formal process for adding committers or PMC members (at > > least, none that I could find). I think we should make an effort to > > establish and ratify a process for this. I think the one outlined here [1] > > would be fine. > > > > Let me know what you think or if you have any alternative processes in mind. > > > > Thanks, > > Riley > > > > [1] https://kvrocks.incubator.apache.org/community/vote-a-core-developer/ >