* Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-04 21:21]: > People who have simply become inactive should be treated as much > like those who have resigned as possible. We should thank them for > their efforts, put them on the emeritus keyring, and find new > maintainers for their packages.
I disagree with this. I think that maintainers who neglect their duties and don't follow documented procedures (orphan their packages, inform the keyring maintainer that they are leaving the project [1]) should not be treated the same as maintainers who leave the project properly. [1] See section "3.7 Retiring" of the Debian Developers' Reference, http://www.debian.org/doc/developers-reference/ch-developer-duties.en.html#s3.7 -- Martin Michlmayr [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]