Devs - I would like first to DISCUSS and then subsequently to VOTE on the idea of moving some Fineract Committers to the "emeritus" status. I will keep the discussion open for three days, then vote open for three days. This has been briefly discussed before, but I want to be more explicit.
My idea or proposal is that anyone who has NOT participated on the listservs of fineract (dev, security, private) AND has not made any contribution to Jira, wiki, documentation, or code for at least 60 months (5 years) becomes, automatically, and at the discretion of the PMC, "emeritus". When in Emeritus status, the person will not have Committer rights to github. When said person returns, they may rejoin and be given immediate access to the github as long as they abide by our norms and rules. (these may have evolved over time, so it will be important for them to be given some orientation by the currently active contributors in the project) My argument for this is that we have a lot of inactive people who have committer access, and this is not a good practice in achieving our goal of an active and transparent community - where we know who is involved, who can help with a code change or review, and also creates a potential (albeit small) security risk. It at least seems like a potential issue to those doing audits of process. ***I would like any and all counter arguments to be heard**. * If there are none, we will move to a vote. If there are significant objections, we will seek to revise before I go to a vote, or I may change my mind. ***So, please articulate why you agree or disagree with this idea**. * Thanks - James
