[csw-maintainers] Maintainers suspected not to be active though listed as such
Peter FELECAN
pfelecan at opencsw.org
Fri Mar 19 11:22:05 CET 2010
Peter Bonivart <bonivart at opencsw.org> writes:
> 3. How long to wait for a reply before changing their status?
45 days
> I see it as a benefit to list them properly as retired if they in deed
> are so. I know it may look bad with many retired maintainers but what
> really is bad is that many packages are orphaned and we don't handle
> it. Changing their status is the first step to fix bugs and upgrade
> packages.
It's a very useful action. One of the reason of my previous reaction was
just that: to use a "formal" retirement principle. Thank you to act upon
it.
--
Peter
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