Re: Contributor List policy

From: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: Stefan Kaltenbrunner <stefan(at)kaltenbrunner(dot)cc>, pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org, bruce(at)momjian(dot)us, josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com
Subject: Re: Contributor List policy
Date: 2008-03-10 18:36:43
Message-ID: 20080310113643.199562c0@commandprompt.com
Views: Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email
Thread:
Lists: pgsql-advocacy

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

On Mon, 10 Mar 2008 11:11:54 -0700
"Joshua D. Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> wrote:

> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> Hash: SHA1
>
> On Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:47:51 +0100
> Stefan Kaltenbrunner <stefan(at)kaltenbrunner(dot)cc> wrote:
>
> > > [1] The contributor label will be removed in favor of groups or
> > > teams.
> >
> > hmm interesting idea - what happens to the current "code
> > contributor" section here in that new scheme ("code team"?) ?
>
> Actually I assumed hackers, which in term would be determined by those
> who submit patches to core. However, I didn't want to be presumptuous
> as I am not a hacker. Note that I do think we should stick with the
> idea that committer rights are not relevant here.
>

In thinking about this I might have an additional solution:

A hacker is someone who:

In the last 24 months has contributed -n- number of patches or a patch
of significant value to the project.

Obviously we get into some subjective ideas here, what is a significant
value to the project? HOT and Tsearch2 come to mind and I think that
under no circumstances should we not provide examples.

In all, this is certainly not a perfect solution but there is no such
thing in the first place.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake

- --
The PostgreSQL Company since 1997: http://www.commandprompt.com/
PostgreSQL Community Conference: http://www.postgresqlconference.org/
Donate to the PostgreSQL Project: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate
PostgreSQL political pundit | Mocker of Dolphins

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux)

iD8DBQFH1X+7ATb/zqfZUUQRApkrAJ9LGWuhXfRVGf31Kz2RMT8raK5RQwCgiAZ3
/4X3/p8BPhLp1g+0s0nPYcg=
=YZug
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

In response to

Responses

Browse pgsql-advocacy by date

  From Date Subject
Next Message Joshua D. Drake 2008-03-10 20:34:59 Re: Contributor List policy
Previous Message Josh Berkus 2008-03-10 18:14:48 Re: Contributor List policy