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• users: someone that uses our software

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  *\[http://www.apache.org/dev/contributors.html contributors\]*: anyone can provide feedback, submit bug reports, or submit patches (WeLoveVolunteers)

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  *\[http://www.apache.org/dev/committers.html committers\]*: a committer is simply an individual who was given write access to the codebase

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  *\[http://www.apache.org/dev/pmc.html PMC members\]*: the PMCproject management committee is responsible for managing a project \\

SpamAssassin specifics

The SpamAssassin PMC project management committee (pmc at spamassassin.apache.org), like most other PMCs, is responsible for:

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In addition, there are some actions that are purely development-related, so they do not fall under the PMC mantle. Of course, people who happen to be on the PMC tend to do these, but committers could as well. Then again, a committer who was this active and responsible for the project would frequently end up being a PMC project management committee member.

• proposing and cutting releases
• scheduling
  

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