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| <p>The addition of committers is essential to the long-term |
| sustainability of an open source project. The PMC is responsible for |
| determining who will be added as a committer.</p> |
| <p>Please see the formal policy and process |
| <a href="https://www.apache.org/dev/pmc.html#committer-management">documentation for adding committers</a>. |
| This page discusses best practices in how to think about new committers.</p> |
| <h2 id="who-should-be-a-committer">Who should be a committer? <a class="headerlink" title="Permalink" href="#who-should-be-a-committer">¶</a></h2> |
| <p>Each project must decide what is the correct measure for inviting a new |
| committer to their project. There are, however, several things that we |
| encourage you to consider.</p> |
| <p>Any PMC member can (and should!) nominate project contributors for a |
| committer vote. Don’t assume that the PMC chair, or some senior project |
| member, will do this. Watch the contributors, and nominate promising |
| participants.</p> |
| <p>Remember that we do all of our development in revision control. |
| Errors are reversible learning opportunities. Thus, inviting someone |
| “too early” has very little risk associated with it. On the other hand, |
| inviting someone too late has the very real risk that they’ll get |
| frustrated and leave, and you’ll have missed that opportunity forever. |
| Setting the bar too high has been the eventual death of many projects.</p> |
| <p>Think of adding committers as an investment in the future of your |
| project, rather than as a reward for good behavior. Committers whom you |
| add today will be the backbone of your project tomorrow, or five years |
| from now. New committers are the only way to ensure the long-term |
| sustainability of your project. Look for contributors who seem to have |
| new ways of thinking.</p> |
| <p>Think of a committer as someone who is committed to the project, rather |
| than just someone who writes code. Contributions in other areas, such as |
| design, end-user support, event management, documentation, or project |
| promotion, should also be welcomed into the project by inviting them as |
| committers, and, eventually, as PMC members.</p> |
| <p>Finally, if you have specific requirements for committers (such as a |
| period of time, or number of contributions) we encourage you to document |
| that on your website. People like to know what their “career path” is in |
| a project, rather than feeling that it is merely at the whim of a |
| secret committee. If you see someone who seems to be on the path, point |
| them to this document, so that they know what to expect, and what they |
| can do to become a better contributor. See also <a href="https://community.apache.org/contributors/becomingacommitter.html">Becoming A |
| Committer</a> |
| for general advice you might offer.</p> |
| <h2 id="vote-process">Vote process <a class="headerlink" title="Permalink" href="#vote-process">¶</a></h2> |
| <p>The complete policy and procedure around <em>how</em> to vote for a committer, |
| and how to add them to the relevant rosters if and when they are voted |
| in, is covered in the <a href="https://www.apache.org/dev/pmc.html#committer-management">PMC policy |
| document</a>. As |
| a PMC member, you should read and understand that document.</p> |
| <h2 id="what-to-do-when-a-committer-is-elected">What to do when a committer is elected <a class="headerlink" title="Permalink" href="#what-to-do-when-a-committer-is-elected">¶</a></h2> |
| <p>Once a committer has been added to the roster, be sure that they |
| understand how things work in your project, rather than leaving them to |
| figure this out on their own.</p> |
| <p>Point them to specific review processes that they are expected to abide |
| by before committing or merging a change.</p> |
| <p>Point new committers to <a href="https://infra.apache.org/new-committers-guide.html">Infra’s guide for new |
| committers</a>, which |
| has general information for all ASF committers.</p> |
| <p>Consider clearly documenting the development environment that a |
| committer needs to be successful. This might include a |
| recommended IDE, how to interact with your CI/CD stack, how to build and |
| test locally, and any common problems they might encounter with their |
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