extremely inactive packages

Hi all, I would like to propose a change to the way we do things here. There are too many packages whose open bugs are just hanging out waiting to be fixed. If you find a package with a few open bugs that are simple fixes, I propose we do this: First, check these possibilities: 1) When was the last commit? Recent? 2) When was the last comment on a bug? Recent? 3) Has the developer been active on any of their packages recently? If the answer is "no" to all 3, I suggest that the package be marked as unmaintained, and if it is marked as unmaintained, any pear developer with commit access may fix bugs and then QA can make a release. As an example: Payment_Clieop has 2 open bugs, both are trivial fixes, it's been 4 years since a commit, the lead has not been active on any maintained packages since 2005. Another example: PHP_Parser has been inactive for a while, but one of the lead developers (me) has been active recently on other packages, and so fails the tests above, and the normal process of package maintainership (i.e. formal request must be made to commit) is followed. Comments? Greg