[drupal-devel] more core comitters

[Robert Douglass]

> When we call for more core committers, we're not saying we need more people
> who can press a button when everything is all ready.  We're saying, rather -
> or I am, anyway, as I have repeatedly over the past couple of years, but to
> no avail - that we need to bring more people into formal, recognized
> decision-making roles.
> 
> Where are all these highly skilled, dedicated reviewers supposed to come
> from?  The motivation to commit time and energy doesn't come from nowhere.
> It certainly doesn't come from the experience of investing gobs of time and
> energy only to have it sit there forever in limbo.  That's what I hear
> Gerhard saying--and he couldn't be more correct.
> 
> This sort of dedication comes, rather, from a feeling of recognition,
> membership, involvement, and a direct role in decision making.

excellently stated.