[postgis-devel] PSC Vote: Björn Harrtell committer rights

[Björn Harrtell]

Thank you for the kind words Regina and thanks all for the positive votes.

As a long time PostGIS aficionado it is an absolute honor to get the chance
to join the ranks.

Regards,
Björn

2017-02-18 18:21 GMT+01:00 Regina Obe <lr at pcorp.us>:

> I'd like to propose that we give Bjorn Harrtell PostGIS committer rights.
> I would like input from others (not just PSC) if they have issue with this.
>
> For those who don't know him, Björn is the creator of ST_AsMVT function
> Mapbox Vector Tiles, which will be a new feature in PostGIS 2.4
>
> http://postgis.net/docs/manual-dev/ST_AsMVT.html
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> And from ticket reports and also postgis-users, people have already started
> using it, so I suspect it will have a fair amount of traction in PostGIS
> 2.4.
>
>  Björn has also been helping Sandro (aka strk) with testing out Gogs and
> has
> been quick to respond to user feedback. This signals to me he'll he has
> more
> interest than his little corner of the pie and also will also take
> responsibility for his corner.
>
> That said, he has a couple more features he'd like to put in to MVT and
> also
> cleanup of some of logic to fit the spec, as noted here:
>
> https://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/ticket/3712
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>
> I think things will work much more smoothly if we let him manage his work,
> without having us to approve git pulls.
> From what I have seen of his work so far,  he's very careful, responsible
> and concerned about making sure things work on all platforms without too
> much trouble.
>
> To start off +1 from me.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Regina
> PostGIS PSC Member
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