[ovirt-devel] Re: Purging inactive maintainers from vdsm-master-maintainers

Edward Haas <edwardh(a)redhat.com&gt; writes: > On Sun, Jun 20, 2021 at 11:29 PM Nir Soffer <nsoffer(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote: > >> On Mon, Dec 2, 2019 at 4:27 PM Adam Litke <alitke(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote: >> >>> I also agree with the proposal. It's sad to turn in my keys but I'm >>> likely unable to perform many duties expected of a maintainer at this >>> point. I know that people can still find me via the git history :) >>> >>> On Thu, Nov 28, 2019 at 3:37 AM Milan Zamazal <mzamazal(a)redhat.com&gt; >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Dan Kenigsberg <danken(a)redhat.com&gt; writes: >>>> >>>> > On Wed, Nov 27, 2019 at 4:33 PM Francesco Romani <fromani(a)redhat.com&gt; >>>> wrote: >>>> >> >>>> >> On 11/27/19 3:25 PM, Nir Soffer wrote: >>>> > >>>> >> > I want to remove inactive contributors from vdsm-master-maintainers. >>>> >> > >>>> >> > I suggest the simple rule of 2 years of inactivity for removing from >>>> >> > this group, >>>> >> > based on git log. >>>> >> > >>>> >> > See the list below for current status: >>>> >> > https://gerrit.ovirt.org/#/admin/groups/106,members >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> No objections, keeping the list minimal and current is a good idea. >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > I love removing dead code; I feel a bit different about removing old >>>> > colleagues. Maybe I'm just being nostalgic. >>>> > >>>> > If we introduce this policy (which I understand is healthy), let us >>>> > give a long warning period (6 months?) before we apply the policy to >>>> > existing dormant maintainers. We should also make sure that we >>>> > actively try to contact a person before he or she is dropped. >>>> >>>> I think this is a reasonable proposal. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Milan >>>> >>> >> I forgot about this, and another year passed. >> >> Sending again, this time I added all past maintainers that may not watch >> this list. >> > > Very sad, but it makes total sense. +1 > Note that other projects move past maintainers to a special group named > "emeritus_*". Not a bad idea, I think we could have such a group in Vdsm too.