[Twisted-Python] revisiting onboarding

[Chris]

Glyph,

I support this idea. I like the fact that it gives a clear goal (5 submitted patches, 5 reviews, and 2 accepted submissions) towards which people interested in committing can work.

-Chris (herrwolfe)

> On Feb 2, 2015, at 1:18 PM, Glyph Lefkowitz <glyph at twistedmatrix.com> wrote:
> 
> A few months ago, the question of an official process for obtaining commit access was raised.
> 
> The discussion lead to this proposal - https://twistedmatrix.com/trac/wiki/Proposal/ContributorAdvancementPath <https://twistedmatrix.com/trac/wiki/Proposal/ContributorAdvancementPath>.  I like that proposal, but it is still incomplete: to wit, it defines a template for how roles might be defined but does not actually define any roles.  It also seems to be a bit overly ambitious, just from the observed reaction of nobody having the time to implement it :).
> 
> So I have a proposal for a scaled back process that nevertheless would give us something official-ish:
> 
> Not all committers are actively involved in the project at all times, so we should form a "committer committee" of people who are interested in evaluating candidates.  If you would like to do that and you're already a committer, please contact me and I'll add you to the list.  I want to do this so there's somewhere to apply to which isn't just a public mailing list or discussion, since public discussions can create social pressure to grant someone commit just to be nice, and rejections might be perceived as mean.
> 
> Candidates should submit an application to this new list, commit at twistedmatrix.com <mailto:commit at twistedmatrix.com> which is a list of links to at least 10 tickets, at least 5 of which are patches they've submitted, and at least 5 of which are code reviews they've done which have been accepted by a committer.  At least 2 of their authored patches should have gone all the way through the process to be landed.
> 
> As with the other parts of our process, if there is at least one sponsor, and no objections from anyone on the committee within 7 days, any member of the committee may add the committer.
> 
> New committers should then be announced on the mailing list.
> 
> This is not really an ideal process - particularly, it lacks a good way to give contributors something specific and useful to do - but it's something at least.  If there is general assent that this is an improvement, I'll go make a wiki page and a mailing list.
> 
> -glyph
> 
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