From general-return-11241-apmail-incubator-general-archive=incubator.apache.org@incubator.apache.org Mon Oct 02 18:22:03 2006 Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-general-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 11075 invoked from network); 2 Oct 2006 18:22:00 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (209.237.227.199) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 2 Oct 2006 18:22:00 -0000 Received: (qmail 62643 invoked by uid 500); 2 Oct 2006 18:21:57 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-general-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 62551 invoked by uid 500); 2 Oct 2006 18:21:57 -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 62540 invoked by uid 99); 2 Oct 2006 18:21:57 -0000 Received: from idunn.apache.osuosl.org (HELO idunn.apache.osuosl.org) (140.211.166.84) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Mon, 02 Oct 2006 11:21:57 -0700 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests= Received: from [65.223.216.181] ([65.223.216.181:42515] helo=amereast-smg1.iona.com) by idunn.apache.osuosl.org (ecelerity 2.1.1.8 r(12930)) with ESMTP id 69/34-24395-0C851254 for ; Mon, 02 Oct 2006 11:21:53 -0700 Received: from amereast-ems2.IONAGLOBAL.COM ([10.65.6.84]) by amereast-smg1.iona.com (Switch-3.1.7/Switch-3.1.7) with ESMTP id k92IKbR0026201 for ; Mon, 2 Oct 2006 14:21:46 -0400 (EDT) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.6603.0 content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: RE: Policy on Initial Committership Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2006 14:21:45 -0400 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Policy on Initial Committership Thread-Index: AcbmQ+ViDs7jJ/DkTyai9eDanEZQWwAC6JiQ From: "Newcomer, Eric" To: X-Spam-Rating: minotaur.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N No, let's be clear, this discussion is all about how someone knows the right thing to do, which is very hard when the rules keep changing. Eric =20 -----Original Message----- From: rooneg@gmail.com [mailto:rooneg@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Garrett Rooney Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 12:58 PM To: general@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: Policy on Initial Committership On 10/2/06, Mark Little wrote: > That kind of depends what you're used to now doesn't it? In some > circles really getting involved actively can best be done (can only > be done) with committer rights. If that was the impression people were under, then they should break themselves of it right now, because it's not the way a succesful ASF project operates. If it's impossible to contribute without commit access then you've essentially decided that you don't ever need any new contributors, choking off any chance at a successful, diverse community before it even begins. -garrett --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscribe@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-help@incubator.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscribe@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-help@incubator.apache.org