[technology-pmc] Re: Cleaning out inactive committers

[Christopher J Gross <chris.gross@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Bjorn,

dorme (David Orme) was only recently
added but, as of yet, has not committed any code.  I've contacted
him to see where he stands.  I will follow up when I know more.

The rest of the committers listed are
all SWT folks.  While they don't actively commit code to Nebula they
are there to review, guide and vote on new submissions and new committers.
 

I understand Veronika has moved from
the SWT team.  I'll leave it up to Steve and Veronika whether it makes
sense to deactivate her.

Regards,
-Chris

Bjorn Freeman-Benson <emo@xxxxxxxxxxx>

10/17/2006 09:12 PM

To	Christopher J Gross/Arlington/IBM@IBMUS, Steve_Northover@xxxxxxxxxx, Veronika_Irvine@xxxxxxxxxx
cc	technology-pmc <technology-pmc@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject	Cleaning out inactive committers

Chris, Steve, Veronika,
As part of the fall house cleaning, I noticed that five of the committers
on the Nebula project appear to be inactive:
    http://dash.eclipse.org/dash/commits/web-app/active-committers.cgi?project=technology.nebula
    dorme
    fheidric
    ggayed
    steve
    veronika
Note that being an inactive Committer does not mean that the people are
inactive on the project but it does mean that the person has not checked
any code or web pages into CVS in over nine months. I also note that Steve
and Veronika you two are on that list of inactive committers; I'm guessing
that normal SWT keeps you too busy - do you really need to be on the committer
list for Nebula?

The Technology Charter requires that Committers stay active in the project:
    http://www.eclipse.org/technology/technology-charter.html
"A Committer that ... does not participate actively, or has been inactive
for an extended period may have his or her commit status removed by the
PMC."

We ask that either:

• You explain why these people should continue to be committers in spite of appearing inactive, or
• You tell us to "un-committerize" them. Committers that are removed can, of course, be reinstated when they resume their active work on the project.

Thank you.
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