ASF Project Roles

Wiki Markup[SpamAssassin], as an Apache top-level project, follows the Apache development model which \[http://www.apache.org/foundation/how-it-works.html#roles defines the various roles\] in the project:

• users: someone that uses our softwareunmigrated-wiki-markup
• *\[http://www.apache.org/dev/contributors.html contributors\]*: anyone can provide feedback, submit bug reports, or submit patches (WeLoveVolunteers)unmigrated-wiki-markup
• *\[http://www.apache.org/dev/committers.html committers\]*: a committer is simply an individual who was given write access to the codebase
• Wiki Markup*\[http://www.apache.org/dev/pmc.html PMC members\]*: the project management committee is responsible for managing a project \\
  

SpamAssassin specifics

The SpamAssassin project management committee is responsible for:

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Developers and contributors who contribute too much good code and not enough bad code usually become committers.unmigrated-wiki-markup

Committers should probably ensure they're subscribed to \[http://www.apache.org/foundation/how-it-works.html#other the 'committers' and 'community' ASF mailing lists\].

We have adopted a policy whereby virtually all active committers are on the PMC. Here's how this works:

Wiki MarkupAny committer who (a) is not already on the PMC, (b) has been a committer for at least 6 months, and (c) has made a commit in the previous 3 months, may be offered an invitation to join the PMC. After a committer becomes eligible, a notice will be sent to the private@ mailing list, and allowed the usual 24hrs lazy consensus vote. Assuming that vote passes, the offer should stress what it means to be part of the PMC and that acceptance is an indication that they want to be involved. If they accept the offer, the inviter mails the board informing them of the addition \[http://www.apache.org/dev/pmc.html#newpmc as described here\], waits for the necessary 72 hours after the ACK, and assuming no board member objects, they are moved onto the PMC.

Any PMC member who has become inactive for a period of 6 months (ie. no commits or participation in the PMC/Development community) may be marked as an "emeritus" member of the PMC. At any time, an emeritus member can declare that they are active again, and the emeritus status will be revoked.

Current roles

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See the \[http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/spamassassin/trunk/CREDITS ?root=Apache-SVN&view=markup CREDITS page\].

Changes to make during Advancement

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Going from committer to PMC: See BecomingPmc.

More Details

Wiki MarkupBe sure to read \[http://www.apache.org/foundation/how-it-works.html how-it-works.html\] -- – there's lots of useful stuff about ASF processes there.

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