On Tue 11 Aug 2009 11:28, Greg Brown <gkbr...@mac.com> wrote: > Thanks, Niclas. Very appropriate material. This very clearly draws a > distinction between the terms "leader" (as I have been attempting to > use it) and "manager" (by which I would never describe myself). > > IMO, successful projects (including those at ASF) need leadership, not > "management". So describing myself, or any other committer, as a > "leader" is not an attempt to assert authority or otherwise. It is > simply a means of describing a level of committment.
+1 Projects need people who make decisions and push the code forward, these people are leaders. But that forward direction needs to be done with the awareness, consent and respect by the rest of the committers. We don't want to discourage the energy of someone's vision and volunteer work. At the same time, we need to balance the goal of having many contributors peer review the work and collaborate so that in the long run, the success of the project is not dictacted by any one person. If anything, we can say, projects need leaders, they don't need a project management position. -- J. Aaron Farr 馮傑仁 www.cubiclemuses.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
