Policy for non-responsive maintainers

[Anish Mangal]

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On Thursday 10 January 2013 02:27 PM, Walter Bender wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 2:04 PM, Anish Mangal <anish at sugarlabs.org> wrote:
>>
> On Thursday 10 January 2013 01:52 PM, Walter Bender wrote:
>>>> On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 1:39 PM, Bernie Innocenti <bernie at codewiz.org> wrote:
>>>>> Is this a good time to re-spin the discussion? Considering that it keeps
>>>>> coming up:
>>>>
>>>> +1
>>>>
>>>> Let's get a policy defined and a means of execution. (On the ASLO
>>>> front, there are many of us who can help with the transfer of
>>>> management. Gitorious is another story...
>>>>
>>>> -walter
>>>>>
>>>>> <lionaneesh-andro> bernie: Could you help me takeover maintainership
> of an inactive activity?
>>>>> <bernie> lionaneesh-andro: ask alsroot, he maintains aslo
>>>>> * alsroot only maintains aslo, dirakx was taking care about aslo content
>>>>> <bernie> lionaneesh-andro: gonzalo_odiard and garycmartin are the
> activity team coordinators.
>>>>> <bernie> lionaneesh-andro: there's currently no written process for
> taking over an unmaintained activity. maybe ask them for permission first?
> 
> Unless the original maintainer wants out, I'd call it co-maintainership
> rather than takeover-of-maintainership.
> 
> I guess one version could be:
> * Request the original maintainer for co-maintainership
> 
> * Wait for X amount of time
> 
> * If he responds, great! - follow that
> ** If you don't agree with his response, you are free to branch off your
> own spin of the activity
> 
> * If he doesn't respond, add the Requester as a co-maintainer.
> ** ASLO: add as author
> ** GIT: tag the current snapshot of the code (maybe clone or create a
> branch), and give commit access on mainline.
> 
>> That is pretty much what we had been discussing. The sticky bit is
>> that AFAIK, there is no easy way to transfer (or unilaterally add)
>> ownership to mainline on g.sl.o other than by running some scripts on
>> the server.
> 

For ASLO.
Perhaps, we need to tag activities as unmaintained (like we do for
development versions), and link to the new (branched off clone), from
the activity's webpage.

Also, I don't know if it's possible, but have a commitment from the new
co-maintainer and some sort of roadmap.

>> I'm in favor of a short window, a few weeks. Others argue for a longer
>> window. Re git, it is not a big deal, because of the ability to clone.
>> Bit more of an issue for ASLO, since those are the bits consumed by
>> our user community.
> 

+1

>> regards.
> 
>> -walter
> 
>>>>>
>>>>> <bernie> lionaneesh-andro: please, write to sugar-devel@ and cc me,
> alsroot, gonzalo and gary.
>>>>> <lionaneesh-andro> bernie: okay. Thanks.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, 2012-10-31 at 19:04 -0400, Bernie Innocenti wrote:
>>>>>> On Wed, 2012-10-31 at 14:27 -0300, Gonzalo Odiard wrote:
>>>>>>> If you are not in a hurry to get this discussed,
>>>>>>> I propose wait until we finish we 0.98 (one month aprox)
>>>>>>> Right now, all the people we want be involved in this discussion,
>>>>>>> are too busy (me too).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There's no particular hurry.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Actually, I brought up this particular issue just to make a more general
>>>>>> point: we should codify our existing practices in the wiki for the
>>>>>> benefit of new and existing contributors. Being swamped by an unclear
>>>>>> process can be quite frustrating for a volunteer who just wants to get
>>>>>> things done.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> About the summer young hackaton in Uruguay, I take your word.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Glad to help, although it's unlikely that I'll be able to join in.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> _ // Bernie Innocenti
>>>>> \X/ http://codewiz.org
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>> Walter Bender
>>>> Sugar Labs
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> Walter Bender
> Sugar Labs
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Anish Mangal
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