In my humble opinion, removing PMC / committers would be damaging to the project. I'm active in other Apache projects and it's pretty common for people to become inactive for a while and then get involved again at a later time. Removing people from the project could send a message that "you're not welcome here anymore."
Anyway this is a different subject than the HAL question, which is a complex issue in itself. Kind regards, Nathan On Wed, Oct 7, 2026 at 7:28 PM Gregory Nutt <[email protected]> wrote: > There are quite a few updated ASF documents on this: > > About Emeritus members: https://www.apache.org/forms/emeritus-request.pdf > > According to this, the PMC can convert a any member who has not been > active for six months to Emeritus: Committer is considered emeritus by > their own declaration or by not contributing in any form to the project for > over six months. An emeritus Committer may request reinstatement of commit > access from the PMC. Such reinstatement is subject to lazy consensus > approval of active PMC members. > https://storm.apache.org/contribute/BYLAWS.html > > If and Emeritus member choses to become active again, that can happen with > a very streamlined process. > > It appears that you cannot completely remove a member other than > requesting and justifying the removal through the board. > > > ________________________________ > From: Gregory Nutt <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, October 7, 2026 3:23 PM > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [VOTE] Hosting Espressif HAL under Apache umbrella > > > > > > We can propose removing committers and PMCs who are not involved in the > project (ASF allows this; we need to notify them). > > Are you sure of this. I recall being told that once a committer, you are > a committer for life. I do find this: > > Note it is possible to remove a committer's access to repositories in an > urgent situation, such as their account being taken over by a hacker. > However, the PMC chair should not take this action for situations such as a > committer's extended inactivity. In 2026, the ASF Security team is working > on proposals that may clarify the conditions under which a committer's > rights to commit code can be suspended or removed. > > My case is different.. I am officially emeritus. Emeritus members are > required to be listed on the project page, but did not follow that. See > https://infra.apache.org/committers.html and > https://www.apache.org/foundation/members > > Emeritus members can re-instate themselves immediately without a vote if > the wish to become full members again. Note: A person must ask to be made > emeritus. I don't think that the PMC has authority to modify anyone's > membership. > >
