Committer Nominations

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Committers Group Overview

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Being a committer means participating in the evolution of the DSpace platform, typically by making changes to the source code, improving documentation, reviewing/testing others' code, or managing the integration of contributions made by the community at large. But, it also means having a voice and an official vote on technical, administrative and release management issues, providing your expertise and guidance on the lists, organizing testing, etc.

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Becoming a committer means that you have a voice and an official vote on decisions around the evolution of the DSpace platform. It also gives you an opportunity to develop leadership skills in an a friendly, open source community.

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Although there are no explicit requirements to become a committer, generally we look for someone who has shown initiative and/or has been an active participant in the DSpace Community. Participation may be in the form of actively helping people on mailing lists, submitting code patches/features, reviewing/testing others' code, presenting on DSpace at conferences, leading workshops, or generally volunteering time to help with any DSpace initiative.

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Once a committer is nominated, the nomination is voted on by all current Committers. The decision to accept or reject the nomination is made based on a majority vote. If a nomination is accepted, that person will immediately receive an invite to become a DSpace Committer! If a nomination is rejected, we will provide feedback on how that person may become more active in the community, so that he/she could be potentially re-nominated and accepted in the future. (Please note that a rejection of a nomination does not mean that the person is "unqualified". It just means that the existing Committers may not be familiar enough with that person's activities in the DSpace Community. A person can always be re-nominated at a later time.)

For more information see the Committers' policies on adding a new Committer.