What about #1 with 1 twist? Prefix the role with "Emeritus (mm/YY)" to further clarify when they went inactive.
Actually, my vote is for #3, since previous releases will have those guys/gals still listed in the distribution. I think we should keep the current list, ummm current. Just my $.02. On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 2:41 PM, Martin Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm pondering the "right" way to update the developer list in our master POM > for people who have gone emeritus. I can think of several options: > > 1) Prefix the role with "Emeritus", so "PMC Member" -> "Emeritus PMC Member" > and "Committer" -> "Emeritus Committer". > > 2) For a PMC member who has gone emeritus, switch back to "Committer", since > those people are technically still committers on the project. For a > committer who has gone emeritus, leave as is. > > 3) Remove the entries for developers who have gone emeritus, since they are > no longer active and therefore not part of the team that is currently > working on the project. > > 4) Do nothing. I don't think this makes sense, but I list it for the sake of > completeness. > > I think #2 would be confusing to all involved, so I'm not in favour of that, > which leaves #1 and #3. > > Initially, #3 made the most sense to me, since the POM reflects the ongoing > work of the project. All of our emeritus volunteers would still be listed on > the Volunteers page, but not on the Team list page. However, the wording on > the Team list page (http://struts.apache.org/team-list.html) generated from > the POM made me think again. It prefaces the team list itself with: > > "The following is a list of developers with commit privileges that have > directly contributed to the project in one way or another" > > Everyone who has gone emeritus still has commit privileges and they have all > clearly contributed to the project in the past. That suggests that our > emeritus folks should remain visible there, and therefore that we should > choose option #1 above. > > Thoughts? > > (And does anyone know if the developer list in the master POM gets used for > anything else, other than this team list page?) > > -- > Martin Cooper > -- James Mitchell --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
