Re: [eclipse.org-architecture-council] Eclipse Users, Contributors and C

[Eike Stepper <stepper@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Am 24.07.2015 um 13:49 schrieb Lars Vogel:
> Hi,
>
> as far as I know we typically tell our users that we have:
>
> Eclipse Users
> Contributors
> Committer
>
> Is this an official definition from the foundation?
>
> If yes, maybe we can adjust it to emphase that we value code
> contribution very highly:
>
> Eclipse Users
> Contributors
> Code Contributors
> Committer
>
> IMHO someone who opens a bug report helps the Eclipse project but
> someone who contributes code helps much more.
I think this is the least an open source can expect from its *users*. I wouldn't call it a contribution.

With this interpretation I don't see a big need for a new category to highlight code contributions.

Cheers
/Eike

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