From 9ade2b720af91acecf76278b4d9b99ace406781e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Leo Famulari Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2021 15:26:27 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] doc: Document the guidelines for removing inactive committers. For more context, see the discussion in . * doc/contributing.texi (Commit Access): Add paragraph about removing inactive committers. --- doc/contributing.texi | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi index e105467480..58c4dafb9b 100644 --- a/doc/contributing.texi +++ b/doc/contributing.texi @@ -1373,6 +1373,12 @@ you're confident, it's OK to commit. That last part is subject to being adjusted, allowing individuals to commit directly on non-controversial changes on parts they’re familiar with. +In order to reduce the possibility of mistakes, committers will have +their Savannah account removed from the Guix Savannah project and their +key removed from @file{.guix-authorizations} after 12 months of +inactivity; they can ask to regain commit access by emailing the +maintainers, without going through the vouching process. + One last thing: the project keeps moving forward because committers not only push their own awesome changes, but also offer some of their time @emph{reviewing} and pushing other people's changes. As a committer,