Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-community-dev-archive@minotaur.apache.org Received: (qmail 64918 invoked from network); 29 May 2010 21:25:15 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by 140.211.11.9 with SMTP; 29 May 2010 21:25:15 -0000 Received: (qmail 86631 invoked by uid 500); 29 May 2010 21:25:15 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-community-dev-archive@community.apache.org Received: (qmail 86551 invoked by uid 500); 29 May 2010 21:25:14 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@community.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: dev@community.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list dev@community.apache.org Received: (qmail 86543 invoked by uid 99); 29 May 2010 21:25:14 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Sat, 29 May 2010 21:25:14 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.0 required=10.0 tests=AWL,SPF_NEUTRAL X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: neutral (athena.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [82.71.204.226] (HELO cpanelsmarthost2.zen.co.uk) (82.71.204.226) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Sat, 29 May 2010 21:25:06 +0000 Received: from [82.71.204.9] (helo=zencphosting06.zen.co.uk) by cpanelsmarthost2.zen.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OITWN-0005d5-Lu for dev@community.apache.org; Sat, 29 May 2010 21:24:43 +0000 Received: from dsl-217-155-189-86.zen.co.uk ([217.155.189.86] helo=[192.168.1.2]) by zencphosting06.zen.co.uk with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OITWN-00004z-Gs for dev@community.apache.org; Sat, 29 May 2010 22:24:43 +0100 Message-ID: <4C01861A.5040104@apache.org> Date: Sat, 29 May 2010 22:24:42 +0100 From: Ross Gardler User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.1.9) Gecko/20100317 Thunderbird/3.0.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: dev@community.apache.org Subject: Re: What are the basic, invariant rules of Apache projects? References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - zencphosting06.zen.co.uk X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - community.apache.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - apache.org On 29/05/2010 22:01, Noirin Shirley wrote: > On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 4:55 AM, Bertrand Delacretaz > wrote: ... >> Each project is led by its elected Project Management Committee (PMC). > > I think it's worth being a little clearer what's meant by "led" - or > removing that word entirely. Otherwise it's easy to miss the "JFDI" > side of things and get hung up on the corporate structure. +1 > As a very simple edit, how about > "A Project Management Committee (PMC) is appointed by the board of the > ASF to oversee each project." -1 this sounds like there is top down control. How about: "A Project Management Committee (PMC) oversees each project on behalf of its users, contributers, committers and the foundation itself." Ross