Re: [gentoo-project] The problem of defunct and undermanned projects in Gentoo

[Ian Stakenvicius]

On 18/07/17 05:40 PM, Michał Górny wrote:
> On wto, 2017-07-18 at 22:35 +0100, M. J. Everitt wrote:
>> On 18/07/17 22:23, Kent Fredric wrote:
>>> On Tue, 18 Jul 2017 22:12:45 +0100
>>> "M. J. Everitt" <m.j.everitt@×××.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I think mgorny was doing some general commit stats, and I have yet to
>>>> compile my own, but it would be very interesting to see how many
>>>> 'active' team members there were in any given project. I suspect the
>>>> results could be very telling ...
>>>
>>> Its not even like they're "inactive", they're just not active *in the team*.
>>>
>>> For some, there's no reason for them to devaway:
>>>
>>> - They're on IRC
>>> - They commit daily
>>>
>>> But they're on teams they seldom do things in.
>>>
>>> This is probably more true the more teams you're on.
>>
>> Then why are you 'in' the team.. I mean, there's one thing to idle on an
>> IRC channel, but membership does normally imply some form of
>> contribution, no? Or is it just to make you 'look'
>> interested/popular/part-of-the-furniture ....
>
> Well, that *is* a problem. However, we are supposed to be friendly
> and nice, and not tell other developers that they have done literally
> nothing during the 2 years they're part of some project. That could
> discourage them from contributing.


OK, so here's the flipside of this.  I'm a member of a few projects
because I help take care of just a couple of things or maybe even just
a gentoo-carried patch.  Being a project member is necessary as I do
want to have the commit rights on the project, but I'm -not- nor ever
meant to be a general project member or overall maintainer or dev.

So does that mean I should remove myself from these projects?  Or
maybe do we just need some sort of 'occasional contributor' status to
the project membership?  Or should things just stay as they are?