I'm not a committer, but I am a mentor. 

Submit your patches and they will be reviewed and applied. 

As for docs, I agree. 

Submit your patches and they will be reviewed and applied. 

Submit enough patches and you'll get commit rights - problem solved. 

Ross

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On 22 Nov 2010, at 13:14, Paul Rogalinski <[email protected]> wrote:

> 100% Agree,
> 
> I see no point in commiting any patches as long nobody feels responsible for 
> reviewing & incorporating those into the svn-trunk. That would come very 
> close to a project lead as I had it in mind. Can be one person or a group - I 
> don't care as long there is some instance responsible for steering the 
> project. This involves some JIRA maintenance, code reviews, discussions about 
> the idea of the project (what should and what should not go into 
> droids-core), coordinating documentation efforts etc.
> 
> I wonder how many committers are still active around here?
> 
> Regards,
> Paul Rogalinski.
> 
> Tony Dietrich wrote:
>> While there may not be an official 'post' of project leader, it has long 
>> been my experience that any project benefits from someone to co-ordinate it, 
>> motivate the contributors, arbitrate disputes and provide direction.
>> 
>> This applies equally to open source projects such as Droids.
>> 
>> One of the missing factors in this particular project which probably 
>> contributes significantly to the lack of uptake is the lack of 
>> documentation. No-one LIKES writing tech docs, but without them it makes it 
>> extremely difficult for anyone to adopt the technology without investing 
>> huge amounts of time.
>> I've been monitoring this project for some time, as a mature Droids 
>> implementation would be useful in another project I'm involved in. I 
>> understand the objectives - but simply haven't the time amongst other 
>> projects to delve into the code to figure out how to actually use Droids. A 
>> simple example project would be of great use to adopters.
>> 
>> <just my observation>
>> 
>> Tony Dietrich
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ross Gardler [mailto:[email protected]]
>> Sent: 22 November 2010 11:04
>> To: [email protected]
>> Cc: Droids Dev list
>> Subject: Re: Who take the lead ?
>> 
>> We don't have leaders in ASF projects.   What is needed is for people to 
>> participate.
>> 
>> If those who have shown interest are not committers then they need to submit 
>> patches and existing committers or mentors will deal with them until we vote 
>> in new committers
>> 
>> Let's see those patches...
>> 
>> Sent from my mobile device.
>> 
>> On 22 Nov 2010, at 09:46, florent andrĂ©<[email protected]>  
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi all,
>>> 
>>> We are many to be interesting in this great Droids project and have many
>>> ideas for the future (recent mails show this).
>>> 
>>> Thorsten, thanks to him, leads this project till now, but don't have
>>> still much time for it (and we understand him ! :) )
>>> 
>>> So, I think it could be cool if someone (or two, three,...) with enough
>>> karma, can charge of taking the lead of this project.
>>> 
>>> Have a lead is a requirement to ensure a good growing of "baby Droids"
>>> imho.
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> ++
>> 

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