[Development] Nominating Iikka Eklund as approver

[Oswald Buddenhagen]

On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 01:24:16PM -0800, Thiago Macieira wrote:
> On quinta-feira, 24 de janeiro de 2013 12.17.20, Oswald Buddenhagen wrote:
> > > Parts of the packaging process is in gerrit (namely qtsdk/qtsdk.git),
> > > 
> > > so he should be really  be able to stage things
> > >
> > > 
> > 
> > uh, wtf?! nothing against iikka specifically (couldn't judge it), but
> > this is so totally not a reason to make someone an approver. in areas
> 
> Even taking in consideration what the other replies have said, I still 
> disagree with Ossi's original comment.
> 
> Take again my replies to Uli Schlachter's approver proposal: we have to make 
> an exception when a specific skill is required in the project. Iikka's bringing 
> a specific skill that we need, in addition to his current contributions.
> 
> This of course requires that the newly-minted approver stays on, helping us 
> with that particular skill.
> 
this makes no sense at all.
of course we need people with specific skills - therefore we allow
anyone to contribute.
but that does not imply that everyone who fills a specific niche needs
to be an approver. approver is a specific, purpose-bound designation,
not a generic "valued contributor" label.