On Sat, Oct 7, 2017 at 12:22 AM, Ben Pfaff <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Oct 06, 2017 at 08:19:04PM -0400, Russell Bryant wrote: >> This patch introduces an Emeritus status for OVS committers. An >> Emeritus Committer is recognized as having made a significant impact >> to the project and having been a committer in the past. It is >> intended as an option for those that do not currently have the time or >> interest to fulfill committer responsibilities based on their current >> responsibilities. While in this status, they are not included in >> voting for governance purposes. >> >> An emeritus committer may be re-instated as a full committer at any >> time. >> >> See documentation contents for full details. >> >> Suggested-by: Ethan J. Jackson <[email protected]> >> Signed-off-by: Russell Bryant <[email protected]> > > Thank you. > > I felt like doing some editing. Here is my version. You don't have to > use it though.
I like your edits. I'll use them and post a v2. > > I have procedural questions: > > 1. Do we need to get Linux Foundation approval for this change? My > inclination is to believe that we do not, because 2.c.iii in the > project charter says that the committers may "amend, adjust and > refine the roles of Contributors and Committers listed in Section > 2.b., create new roles and publicly document responsibilities and > expectations for such roles, as it sees fit" and I think that > this falls squarely in that category. For others following along, see http://openvswitch.org/charter/ I agree with your interpretation. > 2. Do we need a vote of the committers to approve this change? I > think that I would be more comfortable if we did have one. Yes, I think that would be best. Shall we record the vote as a set of acks on the patch? > > Thanks, > > Ben. > > --8<--------------------------cut here-------------------------->8-- > > OVS committers are nominated and elected based on their impact on the Open > vSwitch project. Over time, as committers' responsibilities change, some may > become unable or uninterested to actively participate in project governance. > Committer "emeritus" status provides a way for committers to take a leave of > absence from OVS governance responsibilities. The following guidelines > clarify > the process around the emeritus status for committers: > > * An committer may choose to transition from active to emeritus, or from > emeritus to active, by sending an email to the committers mailing list. > > * If a committer hasn't been heard from in 6 months, and does not respond to > reasonable attempts to contact him or her, the other committers can vote as > a > majority to transition the committer from active to emeritus. (If the > committer resurfaces, he or she can transition back to active by sending an > email to the committers mailing list.) > > * Emeritus committers may stay on the committers mailing list to continue to > follow any discussions there. > > * Emeritus committers do not nominate or vote in committer elections. From a > governance perspective, they are equivalent to a non-committer. > > * Emeritus committers cannot merge patches to the OVS repository. > > * Emeritus committers will be listed in a separate section in the > MAINTAINERS.rst file to continue to recognize their contributions to the > project. > > Emeritus status does not replace the procedures for forcibly removing a > committer. > > Note that just because a committer is not able to work on the project on a > day-to-day basis, we feel they are still capable of providing input on the > direction of the project. No committer should feel pressured to move > themselves to this status. Again, it's just an option for those that do not > currently have the time or interest. > -- Russell Bryant _______________________________________________ dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-dev
