Re: [VOTE] Proposal: new xml-commons subproject for standards-basedfiles

[Martin Stricker <sh...@gmx.de>]

Dirk-Willem van Gulik wrote:
> Looks like a very good inititiative; just some general points/reminders:
> 
> 1-      It is easy and good to create such sub projects - but they
>         need to be staffed. People need not to be only behind it, but
>         also actively work on it.
> 
> 2-      Generally, (and historically in the httpd workd - where those
>         voting things come from) if you give something a '+1' (rather
>         than silence, a 0 or  a +0) you are expected to carry some of
>         the burder of what you voted for - and some responsibility
>         for keeping that project alive.
> 
> So think carefully as to where you want things to go. Each extra
> components meeds a thinning of the pool of developers, not only to
> work on code, but also building, qa, testing and release engineering.

I
'm willing to help - just tell me how since I'm not a committer.

Best regards,
Martin Stricker
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