Re: Difference of levels for maintainers

Greg Beaver <cellog@php.net> wrote: > Klaus Guenther wrote: > > Andrew Nagy <asnagy@webitecture.org> wrote: > > > > > >>I apologize if this is a blatantly dumb question, but I can't find > >>anywhere a descriptions of the difference in levels of package > >>maintainers. Can someone post a description or send me a link to where > >>it might be? > > > > > > I'm not sure if there's an _official_ listing of them, but here are my > > definitions ;) > > > > - lead: has authority to roll a release, is fully responsible for the > > package. > > - dev: someone who regularly contributes to the package. > developer, not dev :) Nice catch :) I was working with the pearweb dropdown box on the "edit maintainers" form. > > - helper: someone who occasionally contributes major patches, or who has > > contributed something of extraordinary value. > - contributor: someone who has at one time contributed stuff. Hmm... this is missing from the pearweb "edit maintainer" form. > The only role that has any significance for the release process is lead, > as no other role can release a new version of a package. All the others > are for thanking those who do the work, or other non-technical listing > reasons. > > Greg > >