[ZF] Committers vs Committer members and getting more of each

[Jens Vagelpohl]

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On 6 Jun 2006, at 10:49, Stephan Richter wrote:
>> - I think that becoming a committer member should require
>>    significant contributions, which need not involve actual commits
>>    to the repository.  IMO, becomming a committer member should
>>    require some sort of majority vote of existing committer  
>> members, as
>>    adding new committer members dilutes their votes.
>
> Majority is tough, since the community is split over many parts.  
> For example,
> before the Snow sprint I knew almost none of the Plone developers.  
> I think a
> certain number of supporters, like 5-10 would be sufficient.

- -1 on a set number of supporters.

I would define a quorum first and say "for a vote to be successful a  
quorum of X% of the current committer members must have cast a vote"  
and then a simple majority of the votes cast. That way it is easier  
to produce a majority.

jens

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