+1
Regarding the "dormant PMC member" issue that Eliotte mentioned. I am happy people are willing to contribute again! From what I understand, an inactive member is only marked as inactive / emeritus. They are not removed from the PMC. They can become active again by simply contributing and participating. I don't think the emeritus status keeps anybody from doing that.
As a consequence, I am not sure if the security improvement of marking committers and PMC members is as big as suggested. If they keep their status and access rights, there would be nothing to prevent them from doing harm.
That said, I think the more accurate view on "how many people are effectively working on Maven" is already valuable in itself.
Thanks, Maarten On 22/10/2024 18:17, Tamás Cservenák wrote:
Howdy, I would like to propose a project policy change (followed by implementation) regarding "emeritus" status of PMCs and members. Proposal: 1) IF a PMC member is inactive for 24 months (did NOT participate in any VOTE [by casting binding vote] OR did not create any commit that ended up in the project), he should be automatically moved to "emeritus PMC" status. 2) IF a committer is inactive for 24 months (did NOT participate in any VOTE [by casting vote] OR did not create and/or review any commit that ended up in the project), he should be automatically moved to "emeritus committer" status. Reasoning: Currently if interested party checks ASF report about Maven project on https://projects.apache.org/committee.html?maven , the presented data is skewed, if not even false, about "who" (and more importantly "how many") user is working on a project. This can lead to some unpleasant misunderstandings as well (from "why is my PR not reviewed yet" to many others). Moreover, this same (wrong) number may in fact lessen potential contributors, make them turn away and choose another, less supported project to join. Finally, I think we should shrink the circle of "admin" powered users to those we are almost certain are around us and involved. Project already has "emeritus" roles for both, PMCs and committers AFAIK (correct me if I am wrong). WDYT? Thanks T --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org
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