Hi, On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 06:19:26PM +0100, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > The basic idea is quite simple, we want to ensure that each package is > maintained as well as possible and for this we need to ensure that > it has one or more active maintainer(s). Hence every X months, each > maintainer receives a mail with a link to a web form where he'll have a > list of all the packages that he maintains/co-maintains and for each > package he has to answer several questions that explain his relationship > with the package (the answer are preseeded with the values he selected > the previous time so that he can quickly skim over it if nothing has > changed): > - what kind of maintainer he is > - active (responding quickly, forwarding bugs, …) > - passive (responds only to major problems) > - backup (not doing anything unless solicited) > - if the package needs an active maintainer or not (most perl modules are > well maintained with a single "passive" maintainer) > - if the package needs help from another volunteer
I like the general idea, here are a few points/questions: Have a procedure to not receive the mail in the future (perhaps making it possible to (manually, via email?) re-enable at some later time) > We could integrate various heuristics/data in the process to help the > maintainer recognize that he's (not) keeping up and that he needs help > or maybe that he's no more "active" but only "passive". > > If the maintainer doesn't respond, he automatically enters the MIA > process and the package is quickly marked as needing help/attention > from someone else. How long is the time span after the maintainer enters MIA? Perhaps after X unanswered mails? Also, it would help to clarify that "enters the MIA process" is not the same as "the maintainer is MIA" which might be confusing. filippo -- Filippo Giunchedi - http://esaurito.net PGP key: 0x6B79D401 random quote follows: Endian little hate we -- Anonymous (?) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-qa-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
