| Re: [edt-dev] removing committers |
No need to involve the PMC ... unless there are questions, issues or controversy (and does not sound like it, in this case). But, it does have to be done by the Project Lead (Tim), through the Foundation Portal, stating the reason why they are removed as committer.
The Project Lead can go into the Foundation Portal,
https://dev.eclipse.org/portal/myfoundation/portal/portal.php
and login using committer ID
After selecting their project to "view", they will see a link only PLs see "[manage] inactive committers on the project".
Select that "manage", and you'll see a list of committers ... you can select a committer to remove. They'll be provided with
a box to fill in the reason and that reason is sent as a "expired message" here to the edt-dev list. It is best to be fairly detailed, just for documentation,
such as for Alice, you could say she sent resignation note to dev list, and give link to edt-dev message. For Jon, or other cases where you don't have
explicit or link-able notes from, its fine if the PL simply state something like "before retiring Jon told me he would no longer be committing to EDT".
If the PL's word can't be trusted ... you'd have bigger problems than inactive committers :) ... and of course, if someone were to be removed accidentally or prematurely,
they can discuss that with the PMC and Project Lead.
These explicit cases are pretty clear cut. There's a whole other category of "inactive committers" where someone doesn't commit anything for a long time and gives no sign of being involved any longer and perhaps can not even be reached through email notes. The end result, in those cases, is that at some point the PL will need to remove them, and simply explain "they have been inactive for over X months". The typical "cutoff" at Eclipse is 3 months, but, as it could be any reasonable amount of time .... as long as you, as a project all agree and know what it is and apply it consistently. And, often, even where projects have said "3 months", people are often kept on longer ... I know webtools usually tries to "clean up" the list once a year, a few months before the main release. On the opposite side, the form at the portal allows the PL to mark someone as active, even though they have no commits for a long time, and explain why, such as "Mr. ABC still comments on bugs and give presentations, just isn't in a position to commit code right now" ... but, honestly, not too many projects make the effort to fill in that detail ... I'm just explaining as I'm sure the question will come up eventually. (And, by all means, be as accurate and detailed as you like).
Hope this helps ... and hope it is not too much more than you wanted to know (I am known for my wordiness :)
Thanks for asking, and thanks for "keeping your lists clean".
Matthew Heitz---11/03/2011 03:15:53 PM---This question is for David Williams, but I'm sending it through edt-dev so we can all see the answe
From: Matthew Heitz/Raleigh/IBM@IBMUS
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Date: 11/03/2011 03:15 PM
Subject: [edt-dev] removing committers
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