From general-return-8203-apmail-incubator-general-archive=incubator.apache.org@incubator.apache.org Wed Mar 08 22:12:14 2006 Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-general-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 52925 invoked from network); 8 Mar 2006 22:12:02 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (209.237.227.199) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 8 Mar 2006 22:12:01 -0000 Received: (qmail 81331 invoked by uid 500); 8 Mar 2006 22:11:53 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-general-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 80911 invoked by uid 500); 8 Mar 2006 22:11:52 -0000 Mailing-List: contact general-help@incubator.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: general@incubator.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list general@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 80891 invoked by uid 99); 8 Mar 2006 22:11:51 -0000 Received: from asf.osuosl.org (HELO asf.osuosl.org) (140.211.166.49) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 08 Mar 2006 14:11:51 -0800 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.0 required=10.0 tests=SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (asf.osuosl.org: domain of robertburrelldonkin@gmail.com designates 64.233.162.204 as permitted sender) Received: from [64.233.162.204] (HELO zproxy.gmail.com) (64.233.162.204) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 08 Mar 2006 14:11:51 -0800 Received: by zproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id o1so303934nzf for ; Wed, 08 Mar 2006 14:11:30 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=kpZ83H3wHpwifKTD/INzUmvNz7Ziq2kPYfoyuT8s2+zKVk4JHcOzA3ozTyRQxWCx60AHaJ8J6ra7gZhF/Mi2K/2rs0zLbrBpyNH1oPRlgw+m6uVCYS6rc5iNtjRm7ocjVXhKHAqd7ZSU/gG6/tAxQH6qNMQcwH+BheMQzjCKGvY= Received: by 10.65.220.20 with SMTP id x20mr671900qbq; Wed, 08 Mar 2006 14:11:30 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.65.188.11 with HTTP; Wed, 8 Mar 2006 14:11:30 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 22:11:30 +0000 From: "robert burrell donkin" To: general@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: [PROPOSAL] Open JPA In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <7D856CDFE035FF45A0420ACBD71BDD6399151C@repbex02.amer.bea.com> <8B828EC8-B3BF-4F93-BCA5-C2C811B4D61F@Sun.COM> X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org X-Spam-Rating: minotaur.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N On 3/8/06, Yoav Shapira wrote: > Hola, > > > it's easy to get good open source coders: it's much harder to find > > good documentors who are willing to contribute to open source > > projects. demand for good documentation is always high but supply is > > typically low. i'm willing to cut good documentors much more slack > > than coders. > > Hypothetically, does slack =3D=3D commit privileges, or do we want to set > the bar for committership higher? > > If Joe Q. Random emailed us saying he thinks [some currently in > incubation project] is great and he's a technical writer and would > like commit access so that he can write up the docs for it, would he > get that access? Probably not, i'd say: submit a patch :) given enough good patches, i'd nominate them > but the difference here is that the > proposed documentors and QA people are already part of the team, so > they're not random... > > I also suppose we can always review the status of documentation and > test cases at the end of incubation, see who did what, and accordingly > adjust the commiter list during incubator graduation? isn't this really an issue about the bootstrapping committer lists? should there be any difference between a coder who hasn't hacked a line and a documentor who hasn't written a word? - robert --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscribe@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-help@incubator.apache.org