+1. Aymeric, I can't thank you enough for taking this on and running with it.
Jacob On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 7:20 AM, Chris Foresman <fores...@gmail.com> wrote: > As a non-core community member, I welcome a streamlined way for new > potential coders to contribute. > > > On Thursday, July 24, 2014 7:02:16 AM UTC-5, Russell Keith-Magee wrote: > >> Hi Aymeric. >> >> A big +1 from me. Thanks for all your work drafting these modifications. >> >> Russ %-) >> >> >> On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 9:29 PM, Aymeric Augustin <aymeric....@ >> polytechnique.org> wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I’ve been working on updating our organization: >>> https://github.com/django/django/pull/2947 >>> >>> This proposal attempts to address several issues with our current >>> organization. There’s no short version and any simplistic interpretation >>> will be wrong. Here are the main factors at play. >>> >>> 1) In theory, the core team is the group of committers, each of whom has >>> been judged capable of making code design decisions. (Astute readers will >>> have noticed that it isn’t true in practice.) This restrictive approach to >>> staffing makes it hard to cover all of our HR needs. Specifically: >>> a) It creates a chasm between non-core and core contributors, >>> which has perverse side effects and creates tons of frustration. >>> b) It drives away would-be contributors whose help wouldn’t >>> involve committing code to the main Django repository. >>> c) Even if such contributors are found, it’s hard to convince >>> the core team to bring them on board. >>> >>> 2) Since the BDFLs have stepped down, there’s no obvious way to >>> counteract honest mistakes made by core developers. This is making the core >>> team uncomfortable at times. While BDFLs hardly ever had to intervene, >>> their mere existence played a role. We need to recreate that role in a more >>> democratic fashion. >>> >>> 3) We’re good at burning out our most prolific contributors. Since we >>> lack structure, it’s too easy to become responsible for everything, until >>> you can’t handle it anymore and throw the towel. We must classify roles, >>> write down who takes what role, fill the gaps with new volunteers, and >>> remove pressure around stepping down. >>> >>> 4) As we have grown, having no explicit organization within the core >>> team makes it complicated for newcomers to figure who does what and how >>> they fit in the picture. It doesn’t erase the power structure. It merely >>> hides it. >>> >>> My proposal builds upon years of discussions at DjangoCons. It has gone >>> through many rounds of feedback inside the core team already. It’s an >>> evolution, not a revolution. It takes into account the growth of the >>> project, acknowledges and formalizes some things that we’re already doing, >>> and introduces just enough formal organization to make everyone comfortable. >>> >>> It doesn’t encompass everything we could do to improve our organization. >>> In particular I expect some follow up work on how we manage roles in order >>> to avoid burnout. >>> >>> I would like to ask the core team for a formal vote on this pull >>> request, according to our guidelines. [1] Please vote by the end of July in >>> UTC (2014-08-01T00:00:00Z). >>> >>> Obviously, I’m voting +1. >>> >>> Thank you, >>> >>> -- >>> Aymeric. >>> >>> >>> [1] https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/stable/internals/ >>> contributing/bugs-and-features/#how-we-make-decisions >>> >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django developers" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to django-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to django-developers@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-developers/4920b823-debe-411c-8b3f-6fad13c10604%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-developers/4920b823-debe-411c-8b3f-6fad13c10604%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to django-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to django-developers@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-developers/CAK8PqJGXO%3DZzkPkDFd2dfGfJs2k9x9S0An5%2BCCHhhNBOk2XDOg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
