On Wed August 26 2009 8:45:05 am Erik Engbrecht wrote: > Congrats Dick! > > Betrand, > A minor point of curiosity...how many other Apache committers are they > who aren't coders? I think this is a good thing, and I'm wondering if it's > something new...
It's definitely not a "normal" thing, but it does occur. For CXF, we had one "committer" that really just did documentation in confluence. With some prodding, he's now started doing some javadoc as well which is a good thing, but definitely NOT a coder. We also have one committer that's not really a "coder", but has committed a lot. He's gone through all the code and fixed all the typos and grammar mistakes in all the error/logging messages, help text, method/field names, etc.... Again, not so much a coder, but VERY valuable contributions as well. Basically, there are very valuable contributions to be made to a project that don't require uber coding skills. Those contributions should be recognized as well. Another good example: the ASF recently elected a new member as an ASF member that has never committed any code to any ASF project. (he didn't even have an account on people.apache.org) He's a lawyer and his legal contributions to the ASF merited it. (and Dave: if you have some specific legal issues with the was ASF works, I'm sure he'd be happy to discuss it with you on legal- [email protected] :-) ) Recognizing these types of contributions can be one of the hardest things in growing a community. As developers, we're all used to being on the lookout for patches and such that a developer would do. Being on a lookout for other types of contributions can definitely take some effort. Dan > > -Erik > > On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 2:16 AM, Bertrand Delacretaz > <[email protected] > > > wrote: > > > > Hi ESME community, > > > > I'm pleased to announce that the ESME PPMC and Incubator PMC have > > voted to make Dick a committer and PPMC member of the ESME podling - > > and Dick has accepted ;-) > > > > Although Dick doesn't currently write code, he's been involved in all > > other aspects of ESME: mailing list discussions, project guidance, > > wiki maintenance, etc., in a very positive way - and IIUC Dick has > > been part of the ESME adventure from the start, to this is well > > deserved! > > > > Welcome Dick, and I'll let you when your commit rights are actually > > activated, should be very soon. > > > > The following resources provide useful information about ASF > > commitership: > > > > http://www.apache.org/dev/#committers > > http://www.apache.org/dev/new-committers-guide.html#private > > > > -Bertrand -- Daniel Kulp [email protected] http://www.dankulp.com/blog
