Hi Mukul / David, Just want to clarify a few things...
Mukul Gandhi <[email protected]> wrote on 07/29/2016 10:04:36 PM: > From: Mukul Gandhi <[email protected]> > To: [email protected], David Costanzo <[email protected]>, > Date: 07/29/2016 10:05 PM > Subject: Re: changed various Jira issues to be releasing for 2.12.0 release > > On 26 July 2016 at 20:15, David Costanzo <[email protected] > > wrote: > I find the Xerces release process to be confusing, but I think I've > pieced together some things. Please let me know where I'm incorrect: > > 1) Michael Glavassevich is the project lead and dictates how and > when Xerces is released. > > I agree. Michael as a Xerces PMC chair and as one of the primary > contributors of XercesJ2, has taken this responsibility always. I > believe, he should take this responsibility in future as well. As the PMC chair it's my responsibility to ensure that we're reporting project status to the board and to pass relevant information back to the rest of the PMC. I'm just a facilitator. There is no project "leader". That's not the Apache way. It's true that for years I've been the primary person driving out Xerces-J releases. I just happen to be the one who was volunteering to do it. It could have been anyone. As I'm sure is evident to folks who have been watching the project, my contributions have been getting smaller. I still care about Xerces, but don't have much time anymore to contribute to development. I would be very happy to see new committers who would take a more active role. That's a call to action for anyone out there. If you're interested, we're interested in hearing from you. And don't be overly concerned about not having deep technical knowledge of XML or the Xerces codebase. Many of us didn't have that when we first started. I certainly didn't. Any contribution you could make is welcome. Thanks. Michael Glavassevich XML Technologies and WAS Development IBM Toronto Lab E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
