Yes, this matches what I've seen from jakarta's pmc - they theoretically want all committers on the pmc, and they're eager to have more thorough oversight of the projects in jakarta.
Right now, JMeter seems to fly under the radar and not get much attention, which seems to be something most of us like. Moving to top level would probably change that. -Mike On Mon, 2004-03-15 at 17:32, Scott Eade wrote: > My understanding is that the jakarta project is comming under pressure > from the ASF board to increase oversight which is currently seen as > lacking because the pmc is so small as compared to the number of > committers - the point being that the pmc is the official eyes and ears > of the board when it comes to things like ensuring that copyright is > handled correctly and future direction is being set. > > I may not be totally correct on all of this stuff, but I believe the > jakarta pmc is actively encouraging jakarta committers to volunteer to > become members of the pmc to address the concerns of the board. At the > same time it is assisting those projects that wish to be promoted to > top-level projects to do so. > > One thing that has come out of all of the discussion is that it is the > pmc and not committers who have binding votes on determining if releases > occur and when new committers come on board. Also, by being part of the > jakarta pmc you are collectively responsible for all of jakarta, not > just the bits that you work on. I think these are the issues that would > sway me towards a top level project. > > Now all of this said, I would suggest that unless there were one or more > other pieces of jakarta that could fit with jmeter into a new top level > project with some common thread, that jakarta is probably the best place > for jmeter at present. > > I don't think becoming a member of the jakarta pmc is anything to be > afraid of, in fact I think that until recently most committers would > have assumed they had most of the responsibilities that actually lie > with the pmc anyway (though perhaps limited to the projects to which > they have commit access). > > I haven't contributed anything to jmeter in quite a while (and didn't > really contribute that much when I was active), but I must say that I am > really impressed with the level of development activity going on at > present and the community that is supporting it. > > Cheers, > > Scott --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
