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On Mon, 9 Mar 2009 13:44:55 -0500 |
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Doug Goldstein <cardoe@g.o> wrote: |
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> I'm wondering what exactly is the harm in letting developers idle for |
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> a while? |
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Nothing, as long as they don't pretend to be maintaining packages while |
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they idle. See compnerd and his tonne of system-packages for reference. |
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It unnecessarily complicates things if people just "step out" for half a |
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year and don't leave an .away or re-assign their packages. |
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> The fact that someone only |
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> does one commit a year does not marginalize their contribution. While |
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> it may be small it is improving the overall quality of the distro. |
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> I'm constantly seeing developers getting upset over getting pushed |
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> out. |
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They are not being pushed out. One commit a month is not much to ask. |
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That's one speeling fix per month to be considered an active dev. |
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If they can't be bothered to do that, well, I really feel for them, but |
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they should just hand over their keys and submit their yearly commit as |
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a patch instead. They're even welcome to CC me, citing this thread and |
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my promise to commit their patch and I shall do it. |
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Problem solved. |
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/loki_val |
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