Re: implementing emeritus

Hi Dan, I didn't get the sense that this was agreed on. All ego aside, I think "inactive" would be the most accurate role. It would also have the desired effect of making sure people aren't bothered by emails about projects they are not involved with. Greg Daniel Convissor wrote:

Hi Folks: Following up on the discussion from a few weeks ago about former maintainers, it seemed "emeritus" was the role acceded to. Attached are two patch files to implement such. Thanks, --Dan ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Index: Common.php =================================================================== RCS file: /repository/php-src/pear/PEAR/Common.php,v retrieving revision 1.119 diff -u -r1.119 Common.php --- Common.php 26 Jan 2004 00:57:30 -0000 1.119 +++ Common.php 12 Mar 2004 02:16:39 -0000 @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ * Valid maintainer roles * @var array */ -$GLOBALS['_PEAR_Common_maintainer_roles'] = array('lead','developer','contributor','helper'); +$GLOBALS['_PEAR_Common_maintainer_roles'] = array('lead','developer','contributor','helper','emeritus'); /** * Valid release states ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Index: pear_package_manager.txt =================================================================== RCS file: /repository/pearweb/doc/pear_package_manager.txt,v retrieving revision 1.5 diff -u -r1.5 pear_package_manager.txt --- pear_package_manager.txt 19 Jan 2002 06:25:39 -0000 1.5 +++ pear_package_manager.txt 12 Mar 2004 02:15:13 -0000 @@ -230,7 +230,7 @@

             <user>SN</user> <!-- php cvs user -->
             <name>Sebastian Nohn</name>
             <email>sebastian@nohn.net</email>
-            <role>lead</role> <!-- 'lead','developer','contributor','helper' -->
+            <role>lead</role> <!-- 'lead','developer','contributor','helper','emeritus' -->
         </maintainer>
     </maintainers>