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[PATCH] doc: Document the guidelines for removing inactive committers.

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
Subject: bug#47111: closed (Re: [bug#47111] [PATCH] doc: Document the
 guidelines for removing inactive committers.)
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2021 20:11:02 +0000

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#47111: [PATCH] doc: Document the guidelines for removing inactive committers.

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From: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
To: zimoun <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>,
 Nicolas Goaziou <mail <at> nicolasgoaziou.fr>, 47111-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#47111] [PATCH] doc: Document the guidelines for removing
 inactive committers.
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2021 16:10:14 -0400

On Wed, Mar 17, 2021 at 01:12:34PM +0100, zimoun wrote:
> The patch LGTM, even better with the tweaks.

Alright, I have taken all the comments into account and pushed a revised
patch as commit 9ade2b720af91acecf76278b4d9b99ace406781e.

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From: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
To: guix-patches <at> gnu.org
Subject: [PATCH] doc: Document the guidelines for removing inactive committers.
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2021 15:32:00 -0500

As suggested by the maintainer collective, this establishes some clear
guidelines for when and how to remove inactive committers from the
project. We already do this, in an ad-hoc way, but it's better to make
it explicit.

* doc/contributing.texi (Commit Access): Add paragraph about removing
inactive committers.
---
 doc/contributing.texi | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi
index c9dd7d6c04..44546d53bc 100644
--- a/doc/contributing.texi
+++ b/doc/contributing.texi
@@ -1374,6 +1374,11 @@ you're confident, it's OK to commit.
 That last part is subject to being adjusted, allowing individuals to commit
 directly on non-controversial changes on parts they’re familiar with.
 
+Committers will have their Savannah account removed from the Guix
+Savannah project and their key removed from @file{.guix-authorizations}
+after 12 months of inactivity; they can ask to regain commit access by
+emailing the maintainers.
+
 One last thing: the project keeps moving forward because committers not
 only push their own awesome changes, but also offer some of their time
 @emph{reviewing} and pushing other people's changes.  As a committer,
-- 
2.30.2

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