Yeah, with PMC members it's a kinda-different ball o' wax. For committers, not so much.
On Dec 18, 2012, at 10:52 AM, Chip Childers <chip.child...@sungard.com> wrote: > On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 2:40 PM, Jim Jagielski <j...@jagunet.com> wrote: >>> >>>>> 2.3. Committers >>>>> >>>>> The project's Committers are responsible for the project's technical >>>>> management. Committers have access to all project source control >>>>> repositories. Committers may cast binding votes on any technical >>>>> discussion regarding the project (or any sub-project). >>>>> >>>>> 2.3.1. Committer access is by invitation only and must be approved by >>>>> a majority consensus of the active PMC members. A Committer is >>>>> considered emeritus by their own declaration or by not contributing in >>>>> any form to the project for over six months. An emeritus committer may >>>>> request reinstatement of commit access from the PMC. Such >>>>> reinstatement is subject to lazy consensus of active PMC members. >>>> >>>> Is this automatic? e.g., if someone doesn't contribute for six months >>>> and comes back in July next year, do they have to request access, or is >>>> this just a general guideline? >>>> >>> >>> IMO, it would be a general guideline that the PMC would have to take >>> action to execute. Does anyone else have on opinion on this? >> >> I would remove this... committership should not have some sort >> of "activity limit" on it, simply due to the ebb-and-flow of >> available cycles for committers. It's not unusual for committers >> to all of a sudden get busy (or whatever) and not commit for >> months at a time. >> > > Thanks for the advice Jim. > > The more I think about it, the more I agree. It makes me wonder what > led other projects to including this sort of thing. > > I'd like to leave the concept of emeritus around though, specifically > in the PMC. This is what can distinguish active vs inactive members, > which is required for some of the actions to have a passing vote. It > would be by the member's own selection. To get around the "what if > he/she gets run over by a bus?" issue, the PMC has the ability to > remove members and committers from the project. > > -chip >
