[dsdp-pmc] Re: dsdp-pmc Digest, Vol 7, Issue 19

[Bjorn Freeman-Benson <bjorn.freeman-benson@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Doug,
The PMC has the right and the responsibility to remove inactive 
committers. I feel that inactive committers are not healthy for a 
project because they represent an unknown - that person has become 
disconnected from the code and from the team.

- Bjorn
> Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 10:05:02 -0700
> From: "Gaff, Doug" <doug.gaff@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: RE: [dsdp-pmc] About removing committers
> To: "DSDP PMC list" <dsdp-pmc@xxxxxxxxxxx>,
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> Mike,
>
>  
>
> Process question:  What happens if a committer wants to stay on a
> project but does nothing?  The charter seems to say that the PMC has
> final discretion.  What is the precedent with other projects?  Give the
> committer X months to do something and then vote?  Just curious.  Bjorn
> has pushed on the planning council members in the past to clean up
> inactive committers.
>
>  
>
> Doug
>
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