On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 1:10 AM, brian d foy <brian.d....@gmail.com> wrote: >> (1) Anyone can propose that any distribution (and it's contained >> packages) have ADOPTME be added as co-maint on the grounds of it being >> abandoned > > This is the only hard part of the process. I'd consider doing it the > same way that we handle module takeovers. I imagine that different > people will have different definitions of "abandoned", including > "active author doesn't want to change it".
That's why I think we make the parallel to our process and criteria for 'taking over'. I.e. author not responsive. If the author is responsive, then PAUSE admins take no action. The requesting party and a responsive author can discuss the situation and see if the author voluntarily wants to make ADOPTME comaint, or change the documentation to note the support status, or whatever else. Making ADOPTME comaint would be different from an author transferring *primary* to ADOPTME -- possibly more attractive -- because with ADOPTME as comaint, the author maintains control but has a way to indicate they can't keep up and want a new maintainer. David -- David Golden <x...@xdg.me> Take back your inbox! → http://www.bunchmail.com/ Twitter/IRC: @xdg
