Marcel Offermans wrote: > Richard S. Hall wrote: > >> Hot on the heels of the PPMC list, here is the start of a proposal for >> Felix roles and process definitions. Much of it was lifted from >> Jakarta, since they seemed to be structured similarly to what I think >> is reasonable...it is modified from Jakarta, however. > > I'm assuming you're talking about: > http://docs.safehaus.org/display/OSGI/Felix+Community+Roles+and+Processes+Proposal > > >> Please give me feedback. I would like to discuss any feedback, come to >> agreement, and incorporate it back into the document so we can >> eventually have an official PPMC vote on accepting it as our policy. > > About adding names to the source: I think that's a good idea, so at > least if you look at the source you can see who created it. Of course > svn blame like reports give a much better picture, but that takes more > effort too.
Generally Apache errs away from adding author tags to specific files, as it tends towards 'code ownership', whereas all of the code is owned by the community. Attribution would be on a contributors page where committers and substantial contributors can be listed. Also, if we have a status file showing all changes we can have a due-to which shows who was responsible for reporting/patching a specific bug. > In theory, adding the role of "tester" might be a good idea, but I'm not > sure if we can find any. :) Well, unless they're paid to be a tester, which is unlikely, they're going to be a user/contributor/committer too. The number of votes is set to three as a legal requirement. Three votes constitutes a legally binding vote. We could have our requirement being more though if we chose to. The 3/4 majority of the PPMC is interesting on two counts. Over time we may have quiet members of the PMC. If we have over 1/4 are quiet, we end up stuck. Secondly, it implies that a -1 vote would not necessarily prevent someone from being approved. I would rather that -1 vote be dealt with and converted to a +1 (or at least +0) before the individual was accepted. Exceptions: To my mind, someone becoming a PMC member would also become a committer at the same time, whether they actually do commit code or not. Regards, Upayavira
