From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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To: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
Cc: | "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Dave Page <dpage(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Stefan Kaltenbrunner <stefan(at)kaltenbrunner(dot)cc>, josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-www(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] Time to update list of contributors |
Date: | 2007-11-28 19:16:16 |
Message-ID: | 200711281916.lASJGG704997@momjian.us |
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Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> > > I don't have a problem with that, but I think core code committers
> > > and www maintainers should be identified separately.
> >
> > Why? Then we have to also separate advocacy which is just as important
> > and pgfoundry... as well as possibly a host of others. We all have our
> > job in the community :).
> >
> > > On a closely
> > > related note: last time I looked there was no way for anyone to
> > > discover on the web site who the committers actually are. That would
> > > also probably be useful.
> >
> > See Dave's response about core not wanting committers that easily
> > identified. I actually recall this argument, basically there are times
> > when commit access might be revoked temporarily etc... IIRC..
>
> I believe the reason we don't publicize who is a committer is that we
> have non-committers who do a lot more for the project. Commit rights
> are usually given to people who do a lot of patches (perhaps small ones)
> while people who develop larger patches are less likely to get commit
> rights rapidly.
Of course the next question is why core is split out, especially since
core's role is mostly for confidential company contacts and discipline.
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