Jorge,


On 06/30/10 05:05, Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto wrote:
> The following is a list with a few reasons to retire inactive developers:
> 
>  * security considerations regarding access to Gentoo infra, including
> tampering of the tree
>  * need to ensure that maintainers are accessible, take care of
> packages and bugs and that they reply on due time to community
> contacts and requests
>  * desire to have project and team membership, as well as package
> maintenance reflect reality
>  * make it clear what areas of the project are understaffed and what
> packages require new maintainers
>  * need to ensure that developers keep up to date regarding policies
> and use of the tree by using it

interesting, thanks for elaborating.

I wonder if we could start making a stronger distinction between these
two cases of retirement.  If it isn't a throw-out I would prefer to have
that made so very clear that no one ever feels thrown out that way.
Especially that there's no guarantee to be allowed to return feels a bit
odd to me.

Best,



Sebastian