man, 18 04 2011 kl. 21:48 +0200, skrev Carlo de Falco:
> I remember David used to periodically check the list of octave-forge 
> developers in order to disable
> those that had been inactive for a long time and keep the total number of 
> developers limited.
> 
> I think that was a good idea and we should restart this periodic check.

I agree.

> Does anyone know how to easily get activity info for all registered 
> developers in order to select those that can be considered inactive?
> 
> What should the threshold between 'active' and 'inactive' be?

I think 6 months is reasonable. I think David used to send a mail to the
people that got marked as inactive and asked if they intended to
contribute. That makes the actual value of the threshold less important.

Søren

P.S. Thanks for thinking of these things. I'm currently finishing my
PhD, so Octave-time is practically non-existing :-(




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