>> How about something like: - When someone sees that a maintainer >> isn't answering their bugs, not answering rebuild requests, emails >> or the like, they file a bug against the package in bugzilla asking >> for the maintainer to respond. This bug should list the outstanding >> issues they need to address. - After every 7 days, the reporter >> adds a comment to the bug asking again for response. Others can add >> to the bug that they also were not successfull in contacting the >> maintainer, or providing additional contact information for the >> maintainer (ie, alternative email, irc, etc). - After 2 attempts (2 >> weeks) of no response from the maintainer, the reporter posts to >> the fedora-extras list with a url to the bug report and asks if >> anyone knows how to contact the maintainer. - After another 7 days >> (now 3 weeks total), the reporter posts to the extras list with the >> bug link and indicates that all attempts to contact the maintainer >> have failed and that they wish to take over the >> package. Additionally we could require the former maintainers >> sponsor to sign off on the change. I think the bug is important to >> be able to track things, and the maintainer should follow email >> from bugzilla for their packages anyhow. Michael> That's exactly how I foresee the process, but probably a 4 Michael> week wait. Yeah, that would be fine I would think too. Michael> I am not sure the reasoning for having the previous sponsor Michael> resign off on the package when it should be required that the Michael> NMU be done onl by existing FE developers. Well, I was thinking about the case with a non packager submitting to take over a package (ie, it's their first package). Thats probibly extra complication and we should just say for now that the person trying to take over maintainership is already an existing maintainer for at least one other package. Do you want to submit this plan to FESCo for approval? We should get something in place soon IMHO. Michael> Michael kevin
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