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 |   1 # Becoming a V8 committer | 
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|   1 ## What is a committer? |   3 ## What is a committer? | 
|   2  |   4  | 
|   3 Technically, a committer is someone who has write access to the V8 SVN repositor
    y. A committer can submit his or her own patches or patches from others. |   5 Technically, a committer is someone who has write access to the V8 Git repositor
    y. A committer can submit his or her own patches or patches from others. | 
|   4  |   6  | 
|   5 This privilege is granted with some expectation of responsibility: committers ar
    e people who care about the V8 project and want to help meet its goals. A commit
    ter is not just someone who can make changes, but someone who has demonstrated h
    is or her ability to collaborate with the team, get the most knowledgeable peopl
    e to review code, contribute high-quality code, and follow through to fix issues
     (in code or tests). |   7 This privilege is granted with some expectation of responsibility: committers ar
    e people who care about the V8 project and want to help meet its goals. A commit
    ter is not just someone who can make changes, but someone who has demonstrated h
    is or her ability to collaborate with the team, get the most knowledgeable peopl
    e to review code, contribute high-quality code, and follow through to fix issues
     (in code or tests). | 
|   6  |   8  | 
|   7 A committer is a contributor to the V8 projects' success and a citizen helping t
    he projects succeed. See V8CommittersResponsibility. |   9 A committer is a contributor to the V8 projects' success and a citizen helping t
    he projects succeed. See V8CommittersResponsibility. | 
|   8  |  10  | 
|   9 ## How do I become a committer? |  11 ## How do I become a committer? | 
|  10  |  12  | 
|  11 In a nutshell, contribute 20 non-trivial patches and get at least three differen
    t people to review them (you'll need three people to support you). Then ask some
    one to nominate you. You're demonstrating your: |  13 In a nutshell, contribute 20 non-trivial patches and get at least three differen
    t people to review them (you'll need three people to support you). Then ask some
    one to nominate you. You're demonstrating your: | 
|  12  |  14  | 
|  13   * commitment to the project (20 good patches requires a lot of your valuable t
    ime), |  15   * commitment to the project (20 good patches requires a lot of your valuable t
    ime), | 
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|  28 Once you get approval from the existing committers, we'll send you instructions 
    for write access to SVN or Git. You'll also be added to v8-committers@googlegrou
    ps.com. |  30 Once you get approval from the existing committers, we'll send you instructions 
    for write access to SVN or Git. You'll also be added to v8-committers@googlegrou
    ps.com. | 
|  29  |  31  | 
|  30 In the worst case, this can drag out for two weeks. Keep writing patches! Even i
    n the rare cases where a nomination fails, the objection is usually something ea
    sy to address like "more patches" or "not enough people are familiar with this p
    erson's work." |  32 In the worst case, this can drag out for two weeks. Keep writing patches! Even i
    n the rare cases where a nomination fails, the objection is usually something ea
    sy to address like "more patches" or "not enough people are familiar with this p
    erson's work." | 
|  31  |  33  | 
|  32 ## Maintaining committer status |  34 ## Maintaining committer status | 
|  33  |  35  | 
|  34 You don't really need to do much to maintain committer status: just keep being a
    wesome and helping the V8 project! |  36 You don't really need to do much to maintain committer status: just keep being a
    wesome and helping the V8 project! | 
|  35  |  37  | 
|  36 In the unhappy event that a committer continues to disregard good citizenship (o
    r actively disrupts the project), we may need to revoke that person's status. Th
    e process is the same as for nominating a new committer: someone suggests the re
    vocation with a good reason, two people second the motion, and a vote may be cal
    led if consensus cannot be reached. I hope that's simple enough, and that we nev
    er have to test it in practice. |  38 In the unhappy event that a committer continues to disregard good citizenship (o
    r actively disrupts the project), we may need to revoke that person's status. Th
    e process is the same as for nominating a new committer: someone suggests the re
    vocation with a good reason, two people second the motion, and a vote may be cal
    led if consensus cannot be reached. I hope that's simple enough, and that we nev
    er have to test it in practice. | 
|  37  |  39  | 
|  38 (Source: inspired by http://dev.chromium.org/getting-involved/become-a-committer
     ) |  40 (Source: inspired by http://dev.chromium.org/getting-involved/become-a-committer
     ) | 
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