Brett, AFAIK this is still purely hypothetical. Not to worry.
-j On Tue, 2004-06-29 at 19:14, Brett Porter wrote: > No idea what patch, but it was probably me that rejected it. Sorry if > it caused an offence, but I always try to give a reason that something > is not suitable. If I didn't, or you don't think it's correct, you're > welcome to continue to debate it in the relevant JIRA issue, or take > it up on the -dev list if you want the opinion of other committers. > > The user list is the wrong place for this discussion. Let's keep it to > the user's questions. > > But if after all that the -dev list has also not supported the patch > or there have been no additional response, you might have to accept > that we've been doing this longer and probably know better :) > > It's not a unique situation - even when I commit stuff I get rebuked > for it sometimes because other developers don't agree - and when > they've been doing it longer than I have I accept that they probably > know better :) > > Cheers, > Brett > > On 29 Jun 2004 18:48:30 -0400, Jason van Zyl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, 2004-06-29 at 18:16, Craig S. Cottingham wrote: > > > On Jun 29, 2004, at 17:10, Jason van Zyl wrote: > > > > > > > On Tue, 2004-06-29 at 16:43, Brill Pappin wrote: > > > >> How do I go about requesting commit status for this project? > > > > > > > > It is bad etiquette to request committer status in OSS projects and > > > > generally looked dimly upon. The normal course of action is you > > > > contribute for a period of time and one of the existing committers will > > > > nominate you for commit status. > > > > > > Sounds like a catch-22. > > > > It's not a catch-22, ask John and Trygve how many patches I rejected > > and yet they still became committers. > > > > > IIRC, Brill has been told that even if he > > > produces a patch to do what he wants, it won't be applied. > > > > Happens all time. We are not obliged to commit every patch floated our > > way. I don't know what patch you're talking about specifically but lots > > of patches aren't accepted. I would venture to say most of them are not. > > > > The onus is on the submitter of a patch to convince the folks > > maintaining the code in question to accept it. If the maintainers don't > > like it, it's not accepted. It's pretty simple. Debate is reserved for > > committers and to become a committer you have to find existing > > committers you work well with. Simple case in point is Carlos who worked > > with Vincent on the AspectJ plugin and now is the lead on that plugin. > > Another case in point is Arnaud who contributed so much to the PDF > > plugin that he now takes care of that. These are the models to follow if > > you wish to be a committer. > > > > > -- > > > Craig S. Cottingham > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > OpenPGP key available from: > > > http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x7977F79C > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > -- > > jvz. > > > > Jason van Zyl > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://maven.apache.org > > > > happiness is like a butterfly: the more you chase it, the more it will > > elude you, but if you turn your attention to other things, it will come > > and sit softly on your shoulder ... > > > > -- Thoreau > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- John Casey [EMAIL PROTECTED] CommonJava Open Components Project http://www.commonjava.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
