The plain truth is that an ASF project is not a democracy. It a meritocracy. People earn merit and credibility by doing things that matter and avoiding things that don't matter.
One way to earn merit and credibility is to make helpful posts. But hurtful, unhelpful posts destroy merit just as easily. One step forward, three steps back. Like all open source projects, Struts doesn't need critics, we need models. What we need most is people like James, who create extensions, and contribute to the codebase, and volunteer the time and energy it takes to keep this project running, day after day. James Mtichell is a Committer and a member of the Struts PMC. Over the years, through his many contributions, he's earned a lot of merit with this community. Most recently, James did the work of fixing our nightly builds. If he did not do that work, then we might not have nightly builds right now. James didn't do it because someone paid him to do it. James did it because he wanted to make a difference (in a good way). When James speaks, I listen. Why? because James has earned a lot of merit and credibility in my eyes. Anyone with an email account can post to this list. But, not everyone takes the time and energy to do the work of this project, the way James does, and Martin does, and Don does, and Joe does, and Niall does, and Hubert does. Not because anyone pays them to do it (no one does), but because they simply want to make the Struts project a better place. Not by criticizing, but by making it so. -Ted. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
