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Apache projects define a set of roles with associated rights and responsibilities. These roles govern what tasks an individual may perform within the project. The roles are defined in the following sections.

Users

The most important participants in the project are people who use our software. The majority of our developers start out as users and guide their development efforts from the user’s perspective. Users contribute to the Apache projects by providing feedback to developers in the form of bug reports and feature suggestions. As well, users participate in the Apache community by helping other users on mailing lists and user support forums.

Contributors

Contributors include all of the volunteers who donate time, code, documentation, or resources to the Metron Project. A contributor that makes sustained, welcome contributions to the project may be invited to become a committer, though the exact timing of such invitations depends on many factors.

Committers

The project’s committers are responsible for the project’s technical management. Committers have the right to commit to the project’s git repository. Committers may cast binding votes on any technical discussion.

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A committer who makes a sustained contribution to the project may be invited to become a member of the PMC. The form of contribution is not limited to code. It can also include code review, helping out users on the mailing lists, documentation, testing, etc.

Release Manager

A Release Manager (RM) is a committer who volunteers to produce a Release Candidate. The RM shall publish a Release Plan on the dev mailing list stating the branch from which they intend to make a Release Candidate.

Project Management Committee

The Project Management Committee (PMC) for Apache Metron consists of the names listed in the Metron incubator proposal.  The PMC is responsible to the board and the ASF for the management and oversight of the Apache Metron codebase. The responsibilities of the PMC include

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