Re: [gentoo-dev] about inactive project members/leaders

[Markos Chandras]

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On 10/15/2013 09:53 PM, hasufell wrote:
> On 10/15/2013 10:46 PM, Markos Chandras wrote:
>> On 10/15/2013 09:40 PM, hasufell wrote:
>>> On 10/15/2013 10:28 PM, Markos Chandras wrote:
>>>> On 10/15/2013 09:16 PM, hasufell wrote:
>>>>> I wonder if undertakers should also check for inactive
>>>>> project leaders/members and remove them from the projects
>>>>> in case there has not been any activity for a while,
>>>>> regardless of the internal project structure.
>>>>
>>>>> Authority does not only come with knowledge, but also with
>>>>>  commitment.
>>>>
>>>>> If no one disagrees, then we should add this to the list of
>>>>>  undertakers competence.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> We already check for inactive members (developers and
>>>> leaders are the same for us)
>>>>
>>>> What's is this thread for?
>>>>
>>>>
>
>>> You probably misunderstood. I didn't mean inactive in general,
>>> but inactive in a _project_.
>
>
>> Err no. That's not our job. If the project has an inactive
>> leader or member it's the leaders job (or team's job if the
>> leader is inactive) to sort this out internally. If that fails,
>> then they should seek help. undertakers do not have (and neither
>> want) the authority to remove active developers from certain
>> projects. If a project appears to be dead even though it's
>> members (and/or leader) are active in other Gentoo areas, and
>> they refuse to fix the situation, you may want to take this to
>> the Council. Seem like you need to re-read
>
>> http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/glep/glep-0039.html
>
>
>
> I have read that and that is why I propose that undertakers do
> also check projects for their internal activity patterns.
>
> I don't really think that is a job for the council.
>

Sorry it's not going to happen. We can't just go ahead asking all the
projects for a list of active/inactive people every couple of months
or so. This does not scale, and we do not want to become annoying to
other developers. Like I said, if a project is completely dead someone
will notice. If you have found such a project, and you talked to them,
and they refuce to fix it, then taking this to the Council is the
right way to solve this problem.
If the project has a few inactive people then the team or the lead can
sort this out themselves.

- -- 
Regards,
Markos Chandras - Gentoo Linux Developer
http://dev.gentoo.org/~hwoarang
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