On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 10:22 AM, Nirmal Fernando <nirmal070...@gmail.com>wrote:
I've written below, wearing my Apache hat. > hmm.. it appears to me that though you pushed the project into ASF, your > intentions were not pure and you don't want any competitor of Apigee to be > joined to the project (by going on your words, it is quite natural to think > so.) even if they showed their genuine interest on helping the project out, > with their know-how on related areas. > > and the below statement, wearing my WSO2 hat. > As Sanjiva requested, I'm gonna hereby withdraw my humble request to be > added as a committer. > > > On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 9:21 AM, Niranjan Karunanandham < > niranjan.k...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I was actually looking forward to contributing for this project where ever >> possible but I think people have misunderstood our intentions. As >> requested >> by my CEO, I would like to withdraw my committer request. >> >> >> On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 7:36 AM, Dulitha Wijewantha <dulit...@gmail.com >> >wrote: >> >> > +1 for the Dave Fisher's example. I believe most of the people have >> > misunderstood our intentions. We were offering to help the project to >> grow >> > and graduate faster. I am withdrawing my committer request as our CEO >> asked >> > too. But honestly speaking - if you guys are *scared* of the *community* >> > and what the *community* is - I don't believe you shouldn't mention the >> > below words in the proposal - >> > >> > *Although we are aware of the strength of the Apache brand, we are >> > primarily >> > * >> > *interested in the transforming power of the Apache Way to help guide* >> > *Usergrid towards a more diversified and meritocratic community* >> > >> > >> > In my humble opinion - the above line should not be a part of the >> proposal >> > since the Apache way has always been to gather a community around the >> > proposal who have shown interest towards the idea. >> > >> > Cheers >> > >> > >> > On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 5:50 AM, Dave Fisher <dave2w...@comcast.net> >> > wrote: >> > >> > > >> > > On Sep 24, 2013, at 3:19 PM, Bertrand Delacretaz wrote: >> > > >> > > > On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 10:23 PM, Alex Karasulu < >> akaras...@apache.org> >> > > wrote: >> > > >> ...So fill the bus with anybody who volunteers? That does not sound >> > > >> meritocratic.... >> > > > >> > > > It's been like that for a while in the Incubator, people who sign up >> > > > as initial committers for a podling usually don't have to >> demonstrate >> > > > any merit. >> > > > >> > > > When the time comes to graduate the podling, it's perfectly fine to >> > > > ask it to prune its list of committers and PMC members in order to >> > > > keep only people who have demonstrated their committment during >> > > > incubation. >> > > >> > > When OpenOffice.org was brought to the Incubator there was open >> > > enrollment. There were over 70 Initial Committers. I had no experience >> > with >> > > OpenOffice. I did have an understanding of the ASF. I could help and I >> > did. >> > > It was tough to have such a large list many were OpenOffice.org people >> > who >> > > never really adapted to the ASF. We had all these people on the PPMC. >> > When >> > > graduation time came we managed to reduce the PMC to 25. We left the >> > > Initial Committers connected. It hasn't really been a problem. >> > > >> > > My point is that without the Initial Committer free for all I think >> that >> > > AOO would not be as successful as now. >> > > >> > > Regards, >> > > Dave >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org >> > > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > *Dulitha R. Wijewantha** Software Engineer* >> > Tel: 94112793140 | Mobile: 94112793140 >> > dulit...@gmail.com | http://dulithawijewantha.com >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> *Niranjan Karunanandham* >> Senior Software Engineer >> M: +94 777 749 661 <http:///> >> > > > > -- > Best Regards, > Nirmal > > C.S.Nirmal J. Fernando > Senior Software Engineer, > WSO2 Inc. > > Blog: http://nirmalfdo.blogspot.com/ > -- Best Regards, Nirmal C.S.Nirmal J. Fernando Senior Software Engineer, WSO2 Inc. Blog: http://nirmalfdo.blogspot.com/
