Return-Path: Delivered-To: apache-cvs-archive@hyperreal.org Received: (qmail 12966 invoked by uid 6000); 14 Jan 1998 03:27:39 -0000 Received: (qmail 12956 invoked by alias); 14 Jan 1998 03:27:38 -0000 Delivered-To: apachen-cvs@hyperreal.org Received: (qmail 12953 invoked by uid 161); 14 Jan 1998 03:27:37 -0000 Date: 14 Jan 1998 03:27:37 -0000 Message-ID: <19980114032737.12952.qmail@hyperreal.org> From: coar@hyperreal.org To: apachen-cvs@hyperreal.org Subject: cvs commit: apachen ABOUT_APACHE Sender: apache-cvs-owner@apache.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: new-httpd@apache.org coar 98/01/13 19:27:37 Modified: . ABOUT_APACHE Log: Update ABOUT_APACHE text file to mention the AG core group Reviewed by: Marc Slemko, Roy Fielding, Brian Behlendorg Revision Changes Path 1.8 +29 -20 apachen/ABOUT_APACHE Index: ABOUT_APACHE =================================================================== RCS file: /export/home/cvs/apachen/ABOUT_APACHE,v retrieving revision 1.7 retrieving revision 1.8 diff -u -r1.7 -r1.8 --- ABOUT_APACHE 1997/11/06 21:23:11 1.7 +++ ABOUT_APACHE 1998/01/14 03:27:36 1.8 @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ http://www.apache.org/ - June 1997 + January 1998 The Apache Project is a collaborative software development effort aimed at creating a robust, commercial-grade, featureful, and freely-available @@ -67,14 +67,14 @@ ============================================================================ -Current Apache Group in alphabetical order as of 1 November 1997: +Current Apache Group in alphabetical order as of 1 January 1998: Brian Behlendorf Organic Online, California - Ken Coar Process Software Corporation, New England, USA + Ken Coar MeepZor Consulting, New England, USA Mark J. Cox C2Net Europe, UK Ralf S. Engelschall Munich, Germany. Roy T. Fielding UC Irvine, California - Dean Gaudet Steam Tunnel Operations, California + Dean Gaudet Transmeta Corporation, California Rob Hartill Internet Movie DB, UK Jim Jagielski jaguNET ISP, Maryland Alexei Kosut Stanford University, California @@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ Apache Emeritae (old group members now off doing other things) - Robert S. Thau MIT, Massachusetts David Robinson Cambridge University, UK + Robert S. Thau MIT, Massachusetts Other major contributors @@ -120,16 +120,18 @@ ============================================================================ -How to join the Apache Group +How to become involved in the Apache project There are several levels of contributing. If you just want to send in an occasional suggestion/fix, then you can just use the bug reporting -form at . You can also subscribe to the -announcements mailing list (apache-announce@apache.org) which we use to -broadcast information about new releases, bugfixes, and upcoming events. +form at . You can also subscribe +to the announcements mailing list (apache-announce@apache.org) which we +use to broadcast information about new releases, bugfixes, and upcoming +events. There's a lot of information about the development process (much +of it in serious need of updating) to be found at . -If you'd like to become an active member of the Apache Group (the group -of volunteers who vote on changes to the distributed server), then +If you'd like to become an active contributor to the Apache project (the +group of volunteers who vote on changes to the distributed server), then you need to start by subscribing to the new-httpd@apache.org mailing list. One warning though: traffic is high, 1000 to 1500 messages/month. To subscribe to the list, send "subscribe new-httpd" in the body of @@ -142,9 +144,17 @@ directions. If you have user/configuration questions, send them to the USENET newsgroup "comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix". -The Apache Group is a meritocracy -- the more work you have done, the more +There is a core group of contributors (informally called the "core") +which was formed from the project founders and is augmented from time +to time when core members nominate outstanding contributors and the +rest of the core members agree. The core group focus is more on +"business" issues and limited-circulation things like security problems +than on mainstream code development. The term "The Apache Group" +technically refers to this core of project contributors. + +The Apache project is a meritocracy -- the more work you have done, the more you are allowed to do. The group founders set the original rules, but -they can be changed by vote of the active members. There is a core group +they can be changed by vote of the active members. There is a group of people who have logins on our server (hyperreal.org) and access to the CVS repository. Everyone has access to the CVS snapshots. Changes to the code are proposed on the mailing list and usually voted on by active @@ -157,20 +167,19 @@ tone. We discuss new features to add, bug fixes, user problems, developments in the web server community, release dates, etc. The actual code development takes place on the developers' local machines, with proposed changes -communicated using a patch (output of a context "diff -c3 oldfile newfile" +communicated using a patch (output of a context "diff -u oldfile newfile" command), and committed to the source repository by one of the core -developers using remote CVS. +developers using remote CVS. Anyone on the mailing list can vote on a +particular issue, but we only count those made by active members or people +who are known to be experts on that part of the server. Vetoes must be +accompanied by a convincing explanation. New members of the Apache Group are added when a frequent contributor is nominated by one member and unanimously approved by the voting members. In most cases, this "new" member has been actively contributing to the group's work for over six months, so it's usually an easy decision. -Anyone on the mailing list can vote on a particular issue, but we only -count those made by active members or people who are known to be experts -on that part of the server. Vetoes must be accompanied by a convincing -explanation. -The above describes our past and current (as of June 1997) guidelines, +The above describes our past and current (as of January 1998) guidelines, which will probably change over time as the membership of the group changes and our development/coordination tools improve.