[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] [RFC]MAINTAINERS: Add developers who have git write access but are otherwise not listed

James Almer jamrial at gmail.com
Fri Nov 25 15:31:58 EET 2016


On 11/25/2016 9:15 AM, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 11:11:23AM +0100, Marton Balint wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, 21 Nov 2016, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
>>
>>> I omitted developers who do not use their account and i felt would prefer not
>>> to be listed.
>>
>> I think everyone with access should be listed. If somebody does not
>> use his account for a year or so, his/her access should be revoked.
> 
> i think 1 year is too short

Same. We have developers that participate in discussions, reviews and even
IRC chats that while committing stuff, they do it rarely.

The basis for removing access should not be how long it's been since the
last time they pushed something but how long it's been since they gave sings
of being alive and around.



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