On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 5:31 PM, David Reiss <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>> Erlang - ? > >> Todd Lipcon (Toad on IRC) is really responsive to questions about the > >> Erlang mapping. Chris Piro or I can also look at these issues. > > > > Then, I think it would make sense to give Todd committer access. > I don't think that is necessary. As long as a committer can check in > patches that are approved, I don't know of any reason that the primary > reviewer needs to be a committer. > While I'm flattered to be nominated, I'll agree with David here -- especially given the git-friendly workflow here, I've never had any issues getting patches in on the Erlang bindings or elsewhere. > > > However I > > haven't seen much activity around Erlang in thrift-dev > I think that is fine. As long as it is being used and people are happy > with it, I don't think it is necessary for improvements to be actively > made to it. > Exactly - we use thrift for 5 or 6 erlang applications at Amie Street and just haven't had any occasion to modify the bindings at all since writing them almost a year ago (after a couple of bug fixes and improvements thanks to the team at FB). Kudos here are owed to Mark and the other original designers of Thrift - it's simple enough that bindings just work and low activity is a sign of stability rather than staleness or abandonware. Thanks and hope everyone has enjoyed their holidays! -Todd
