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Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 22:19:41 -0800
Subject: Re: That's it
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From: Ovidiu Predescu <ovidiu@apache.org>
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On Wednesday, Feb 26, 2003, at 07:27 US/Pacific, Santiago Gala wrote:

> Matthew Langham wrote:
> (...)
>
>> reducing our role. But I feel that if you are a committer - you should
>> commit. And this is something I will not be able to do in the near 
>> future.
>> Not in the original sense anyway.
>
> Reading, watching and answering emails is "committing" knowledge to 
> the project repository. Think of the message-ids of your mails like 
> "versions" ;-)
>
> Also, consolidating documentation is, IMO, refactoring knowledge, and 
> bringing fresh "customer" views to the team also. Even "evangelizing" 
> or training, although the metrics for these activities are not yet 
> here.

Or writing books for that matter! Very good points, I cannot agree more.

Is something that needs to be done and none of us is in a position to 
do it better than Matthew is.

Regards,
Ovidiu