Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-general-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 59728 invoked from network); 2 Oct 2006 13:41:59 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (209.237.227.199) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 2 Oct 2006 13:41:59 -0000 Received: (qmail 61518 invoked by uid 500); 2 Oct 2006 13:41:57 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-general-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 61395 invoked by uid 500); 2 Oct 2006 13:41:57 -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 61378 invoked by uid 99); 2 Oct 2006 13:41:57 -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 06:41:57 -0700 Authentication-Results: idunn.apache.osuosl.org header.from=jaaronfarr@gmail.com; domainkeys=good X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.5 required=5.0 tests=DNS_FROM_RFC_ABUSE DomainKey-Status: good X-DomainKeys: Ecelerity dk_validate implementing draft-delany-domainkeys-base-01 Received: from [64.233.184.228] ([64.233.184.228:46078] helo=wr-out-0506.google.com) by idunn.apache.osuosl.org (ecelerity 2.1.1.8 r(12930)) with ESMTP id AD/6A-16499-E1711254 for ; Mon, 02 Oct 2006 06:41:55 -0700 Received: by wr-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id 71so381931wri for ; Mon, 02 Oct 2006 06:41:34 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references:x-google-sender-auth; b=TukGQxaaQjpjAqVRWR04IV2Jtt4FtK2Cs72YqRx553yTZlanOZVFdus3zPp9GMzsoCY8FS6iPpd4s7+863lSQDwqumne94xezSErs1MOKK4/g1bhwvVo4Mcy2VtjEFquAGt0gOmji2+obejzvlwprcqCbLW+4lHdM2vVDh2pgjw= Received: by 10.90.63.16 with SMTP id l16mr2667442aga; Mon, 02 Oct 2006 06:41:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.90.69.3 with HTTP; Mon, 2 Oct 2006 06:41:34 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <7a31ebb30610020641i495c522fh1fbd358dd10b2704@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2006 09:41:34 -0400 From: "J Aaron Farr" Sender: jaaronfarr@gmail.com To: general@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: [VOTE] Policy on Initial Committership In-Reply-To: <16d6c6200610011252xb5b004emfbcb1b63a771f406@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <5c902b9e0610011132w7626d9f0ifae942d9723a28c9@mail.gmail.com> <20061001190916.GB16105@cr> <16d6c6200610011252xb5b004emfbcb1b63a771f406@mail.gmail.com> X-Google-Sender-Auth: 01828feececac2d7 X-Spam-Rating: minotaur.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N On 10/1/06, Martin Cooper wrote: > I do too. And with the number of projects coming in with sizeable numbers of > committers these days, I wonder how long it will be before the committers > coming in this way will outnumber those whose committership is based on (ASF > earned) merit. It seems to me that this could change the fundamental nature > of the ASF. This has also been one of my concerns. But then it's only an issue if individuals on the proposal have not earned the necessary merit in the original project. I sense some of us suspect this to be the case. However, I agree with Roy's approach -- let the podling deal with the committer issue during incubation. -- jaaron --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscribe@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-help@incubator.apache.org