Troy, Thank you for all your work on the Incubator Proposal you have done an excellent job.
I volunteered to be a committer and here is my brief qualification list. I have a BS in Electrical Engineering and currently work in the Automation field. I do extensive programming in MS SQL, ASP.NET, C# primarily to provide useful and pertinent information to my users, from data that is stored in many places and usually from legacy products. Currently I have been using Lucene.Net in a web application I developed to collate data stored in multiple Access databases to give users a simplified interface to our data. I am personally interested in the challenge of developing and documenting an automated process to convert Java Lucene to C#. The work I will be doing for the Lucene.NET project will be done for the most part outside of my job. As a committer I would have adequate time to devote to the project. I look forward to being an active member of the Lucene.Net project. Scott ________________________________________ From: Troy Howard [thowar...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2010 7:01 PM To: lucene-net-dev@lucene.apache.org; lucene-net-u...@lucene.apache.org Subject: Initial committers list for Incubator Proposal All, I'm working on the Incubator Proposal now, and need to establish a list of initial committers. So far, the following people have come forward and offered to be committers (in alphabetical order): Alex Thompson Ben Martz Chris Currens Heath Aldrich Michael Herndon Prescott Nasser Scott Lombard Simone Chiaretta Troy Howard I would like to place an open request for any interested parties to respond to this message with their request to be a Committer. For people who are either on that list or for people who would like to be added, please send a message explaining (briefly) why you think you will be qualified to be involved in the project and specifically what ways you hope to be able to contribute. One thing I would like to point out is that in the Apache world there is a distinction between Committers and Contributors (aka developers). See this link for details: http://incubator.apache.org/guides/participation.html#committer Please consider whether or not you wish to be a Committer or a Contributor. Some quick rules of thumb: Committers: - Committers must be willing to submit a Contributor License Agreement (CLA). See: http://www.apache.org/licenses/#clas - Committers must have enough *consistent* free time to fulfill the expectations of the ASF in terms of reporting, process, documentation and remain responsive to the community in terms of communication and listening to, considering, and discussing community opinion. These kinds of tasks can consume a lot of time and are some of the first things people stop down when they start running out of time. - A Committer may not even write code, but may simply accept, review and commit code written by others. This is the primary responsibility of a Committer -- to commit code, whether they wrote it themselves or not - Committers may have to perform the unpleasant task of reject contribution from Contributors and explain why in a fair and objective manner. This can be frustrating and time consuming. You may need to play the part of a mentor or engage in debates. You may even be proved wrong and have to swallow your pride. - Committers have direct access to the source control and other resources and so must be personally accountable for the quality of the same and will need to operate under the process and restrictions ASF expects Contributors: - Contributors might have a lot of free time this month, but get really busy next month and have no time at all. They can develop code in short bursts but then drop off the face of the planet indefinitely after that. - Contributors could focus on code only or work from a task list without any need to interact with and be accountable to the community (as this is the responsibility of the Committers) - Contributors can do one-time or infrequently needed tasks like updating the website, documentation, wikis, etc.. - Contributors will need to have anything they create reviewed by a Committer and ultimately included by a Committer. Some people find this frustrating, if the Committers are slow to respond or critical of their work. So in your responses, please be clear about whether you would like to offer your help as a Committer or as a Contributor. Thanks, Troy This message (and any associated files) is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is confidential, subject to copyright or constitutes a trade secret. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any dissemination, copying or distribution of this message, or files associated with this message, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. Thank you, King Industries, Inc.
