Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-incubator-general-archive@www.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-general-archive@www.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 178F39D64 for ; Wed, 21 Sep 2011 10:16:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 41326 invoked by uid 500); 21 Sep 2011 10:16:56 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-general-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 41082 invoked by uid 500); 21 Sep 2011 10:16:56 -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 41072 invoked by uid 99); 21 Sep 2011 10:16:56 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 21 Sep 2011 10:16:56 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.7 required=5.0 tests=FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS,T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (athena.apache.org: domain of martijn.dashorst@gmail.com designates 74.125.82.175 as permitted sender) Received: from [74.125.82.175] (HELO mail-wy0-f175.google.com) (74.125.82.175) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 21 Sep 2011 10:16:51 +0000 Received: by wyh5 with SMTP id 5so2040012wyh.6 for ; Wed, 21 Sep 2011 03:16:30 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=NSB5pynvOC4QnZ3+rW/MoDJkqznmnFKrhWqrU/2vkN0=; b=scMkA9vbDKd7CQD9G3i3Ty1KKbn0p0oNXGOx0RIxs8DFFT4rMkBFBP3wX94aQTEzIu eAWm2UvnXXaw7eHAogSbTCG8i5qVwbYfVPEyMo1PklfVwbkhGM4h+pug2cqh0sKWNtET 3Ig+CN3djUrAnQrpN54kechF66Xw0z4C/b4oU= Received: by 10.227.38.66 with SMTP id a2mr512238wbe.81.1316600189048; Wed, 21 Sep 2011 03:16:29 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.180.94.195 with HTTP; Wed, 21 Sep 2011 03:16:09 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: Martijn Dashorst Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 12:16:09 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Confusion: Sponsoring entity and Champions To: general@incubator.apache.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 11:15 AM, Christian Grobmeier wrote: > Why must the name be "Champion" and not just "Mentor"? Because Champion is an aptly name for the role. > champion is just another term for the first potential mentor who steps up= . It is the correct name for that role: champion |=CB=88CHamp=C4=93=C9=99n| noun 1 a person who has defeated or surpassed all rivals in a competition, esp. in sports: 2 a person who fights or argues for a cause or on behalf of someone else: The correct usage is of course definition #2 > I have read what others think (helping with the process, probably help > with the proposal) but I still fail to see why we need another term > for it. Less is beautiful. Beautiful is in the eye of the beholder. Less is definitely not always beautiful. See for example [1]: less classes. Identifying and correctly naming roles is very important=E2=80=94especially= in an environment as the incubator. Martijn [1] https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/blog/2011/one-base-class-to-rule-the= m-all --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscribe@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-help@incubator.apache.org