Re: Committer status for Jeff Genender

From: Bill Dudney (bdudne..pache.org)
Date: Fri Mar 24 2006 - 13:36:24 EST

  • Next message: Jeff Genender: "Re: Fwd: Committer status for Jeff Genender"

    Hi All,

    I'm really excited that Jeff is ready to pitch in on Cayenne. He will
    be a great asset and is highly respected and involved in the Geronimo
    and OpenEJB teams.

    I can't wait to see his patches :-)

    TTFN,

    Bill Dudney
    MyFaces - http://myfaces.apache.org
    Cayenne - http://incubator.apache.org/projects/cayenne.html

    On Mar 24, 2006, at 9:51 AM, Andrus Adamchik wrote:

    > Jeff,
    >
    > True, our project is different from a brand new incubating project
    > in that we have a team and a product. This discussion made this
    > distinction clear to me, as I kept wondering about how casually
    > people ask to become a committer on the incubator list ... this of
    > course would make sense for the *new* new projects.
    >
    > See you on Jira. Not sure if you are subscribed to the dev list,
    > probably a good idea when we start discussing technical issues.
    >
    > Cheers,
    > Andrus
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >
    > Begin forwarded message:
    >> From: Jeff Genender <jgenende..pache.org>
    >> Date: March 24, 2006 7:18:01 PM GMT+03:00
    >> To: Andrus Adamchik <andru..bjectstyle.org>
    >> Subject: Re: Fwd: Committer status for Jeff Genender
    >> Reply-To: jgenende..pache.org
    >>
    >> Andrus,
    >>
    >> No problem here. My thoughts about the committership were definitely
    >> not to break the rules of meritocracy, and I surely hope I did not
    >> give
    >> that impression.
    >>
    >> My thoughts were the opportunity of Apache incubation where w/in that
    >> time period, you have the ability to add on Apache people to help out
    >> from a committership perspective. This is a common thing at Apache,
    >> where when a project comes in through the incubator, other Apache
    >> committers may show an interest in a project and ask to become a
    >> part,
    >> and you are able to put together a team of Apache and non-Apache
    >> people.
    >> So I was really just taking the opportunity to take advantage of
    >> this
    >> time to expedite my ability to help out.
    >>
    >> Nevertheless, I am pleased you have such a strong community that
    >> cares
    >> about knowing all of the developers. This is great, so yes, please
    >> allow me the ability to submit patches and such and earn my way
    >> in. I
    >> think this is the best way to get on board, especially from a
    >> community
    >> perspective...and its the Apache way ;-)
    >>
    >> Feel free to share this with the rest of the Cayenne team.
    >>
    >> Thanks for yours, and your team's consideration..and see you on
    >> JIRA ;-)
    >>
    >> Jeff
    >>
    >> Andrus Adamchik wrote:
    >>>
    >>>
    >>> Begin forwarded message:
    >>>
    >>>> From: Andrus Adamchik <andru..bjectstyle.org>
    >>>> Date: March 24, 2006 5:41:21 PM GMT+03:00
    >>>> To: cayenne-de..ncubator.apache.org
    >>>> Subject: Re: Committer status for Jeff Genender
    >>>>
    >>>> You are right, I have to concede that I started the vote too early
    >>>> (too eager to get the JPA stuff going I guess :-)). So let's
    >>>> consider
    >>>> this a discussion thread, and postpone the vote till we come to
    >>>> some
    >>>> consensus.
    >>>>
    >>>> Basically there is a dilemma that we need to solve. Jeff hasn't
    >>>> contributed to Cayenne before and thus giving him committer status
    >>>> right now would be against our normal practice. On the other
    >>>> hand he
    >>>> volunteered to do work in the very important area, and we should
    >>>> figure out a good way to do that.
    >>>>
    >>>> So while trust my instincts that this cooperation will work out
    >>>> well,
    >>>> bending the rules is not a good idea. So maybe start with Jira
    >>>> patches, and do the committer vote after we learn more about
    >>>> Jeff and
    >>>> Jeff learns more about Cayenne??
    >>>>
    >>>> What's everyone's thoughts on that?
    >>>>
    >>>> Andrus
    >>>>
    >>>>
    >>>>
    >>>> On Mar 24, 2006, at 5:17 PM, Kevin Menard wrote:
    >>>>
    >>>>> I'm not sure how to word this delicately, so I'll just go bluntly
    >>>>> instead.
    >>>>> The problem is that I've never heard of Jeff. Indeed, a quick
    >>>>> search
    >>>>> through my local archive of the dev and user lists, going back
    >>>>> about
    >>>>> a year,
    >>>>> show nothing from Jeff at all. So, while he may be very
    >>>>> qualified, I
    >>>>> unfortunately have no way to gauge that. Perhaps a mini-bio
    >>>>> would be
    >>>>> appropriate. Activity in the Cayenne community would be better.
    >>>>>
    >>>>> On the other hand, Andrus has given it his blessing. As Andrus
    >>>>> has
    >>>>> done a
    >>>>> pretty good job steering the project thus far and he is the
    >>>>> primary
    >>>>> contributor, his endorsement means a lot.
    >>>>>
    >>>>> In any event, I'm all for building up relations with other
    >>>>> projects.
    >>>>> I just
    >>>>> don't have enough information to give this a thumbs up.
    >>>>>
    >>>>> So for now:
    >>>>>
    >>>>> Kevin Menard: -0 (binding)
    >>>>>
    >>>>> Although, I'm a pretty open-minded person. If my concerns can be
    >>>>> addressed
    >>>>> in a reasonable manner, I have no qualms about changing my vote.
    >>>>>
    >>>>> --Kevin
    >>>>>
    >>>>>
    >>>>> On 3/24/06 7:28 AM, "Andrus Adamchik" <andru..bjectstyle.org>
    >>>>> wrote:
    >>>>>
    >>>>>> Folks,
    >>>>>>
    >>>>>> Jeff Genender asked if he can become a Cayenne committer. He
    >>>>>> is an
    >>>>>> Apache committer (OpenEJB and Geronimo) and wants to help us
    >>>>>> with the
    >>>>>> JPA effort and integration with Geronimo. IMO it is great that
    >>>>>> we are
    >>>>>> finding synergies with Geronimo community, so I am excited
    >>>>>> about Jeff
    >>>>>> coming on board.
    >>>>>>
    >>>>>> My +1.
    >>>>>>
    >>>>>> Andrus
    >>>>>
    >>>>>
    >>>>>
    >>>>
    >>
    >



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