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On Fri, Jun 01, 2018 at 01:23:43PM -0700, Raymond Jennings wrote: |
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> Plus there's always the chance that something screwy happens and they |
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> get removed against their will. What if they're busy? What if their |
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> email bounces? There are contingencies, and I don't see a reason to |
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> invite Murphy's law into this. |
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I've previously helped co-ordinate the mailouts of the required |
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foundation notices, as well has handle developer retirements. There is |
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an intersection of the two that has turned up. |
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Many developers have retired from Gentoo without providing any |
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forwarding email address. This means that they would never get the |
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notice of ballot, because they did not provide us with where to contact |
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them. |
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The retiring developers that DID provide a forwarding address at the |
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time of retirement, have in multiple cases not maintained that address, |
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which ultimately started to bounce/reject all mail, and we lost all |
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contact with the developer. |
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The email bounce case or simply not having anywhere to send IS a |
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concern. Two (angelos, josejx) of the developers that are proposed for |
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removal in the most recent cycle did not provide any forwarding address |
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when they retired, and thus we have no easy way to ask them if they want |
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to remain part of the foundation. |
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Robin Hugh Johnson |
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Gentoo Linux: Dev, Infra Lead, Foundation Treasurer |
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E-Mail : robbat2@g.o |
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