From: "zzak (Zachary Scott)" Date: 2013-12-10T05:31:44+09:00 Subject: [ruby-core:59011] [ruby-trunk - misc #9218][Assigned] Branch Maintainer Appointment / Discharge Process Issue #9218 has been updated by zzak (Zachary Scott). Category changed from Project to doc Status changed from Open to Assigned Assignee set to zzak (Zachary Scott) We have decided on this approval and discharge process in approx. terms. I provide documentation for our process and encourage commercial support for EOL rubies. We aim for a minimum 6 month discharge / EOL process. Candidacy and election should take place on the mailing list, but this isn't always the case. The important part is discharge and communicating EOL timelines. ---------------------------------------- misc #9218: Branch Maintainer Appointment / Discharge Process https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/9218#change-43562 Author: hone (Terence Lee) Status: Assigned Priority: Normal Assignee: zzak (Zachary Scott) Category: doc Target version: There's a library appointment / discharge policy see ruby-core:25764 (http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-core/25764). There should be a similar policy for branch maintainership. A. candidacy process when someone offers to maintain a branch, they must also declare how long they are maintaining it for. B. election process looking at the candidates and recommending someone on ruby-core/ruby-dev. When elected, the new maintainer must decide and announce how long they will maintain it for. C. discharge process 1a. declared they are not maintaining it anymore 1b. is inactive for 1+ month and a discussion takes place on ruby-core/dev 2. a new person needs to be elected like described above. -- http://bugs.ruby-lang.org/