Contributers

[Dougie Richardson]

Sounds good to me - so does anyone have a list of who does what, rather
who is the point of contact for what?

Or do we leave it as the list and sort it as and when?

Cheers,

Dougie

On Tue, 2008-05-06 at 10:19 +0100, Phil Bull wrote:
> Hi Dougie,
> 
> On Thu, 2008-05-01 at 22:32 +0100, Dougie Richardson wrote:
> > I was looking through contributors.xml [1] and was thinking it no longer
> > reflects the make up of the team since moving to commiters and students.
> > 
> > Thoughts:
> > - Could it be organised by specific areas, e.g server guide?
> > - Split into students and committers?
> > - Include a little information on joining and contributing?
> > - Specific contacts (maybe - I mean the list is the best way but for
> > those on the team I often forget who specialises in what)?
> > 
> > I know this is a bit of a wish list type thing but early in the cycle
> > would seem to be the time to discuss a format.
> [...]
> > [1] libs/C/contributors.xml
> 
> I don't think that the entire list needs to be organised by area (a lot
> of people contribute to more than one area), although it would
> definitely be useful to have a contact for each of the specific areas as
> you say. This would just be someone who is familiar with that area and
> knows what direction it's going in.
> 
> Splitting into students and committers is a bit artificial I think. I'd
> be happy just to see an alphabetised list.
> 
> Some information for people who want to contribute would also be great,
> and it doesn't need to be much more than a sentence with a link to our
> wiki page.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Phil
> 
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