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GLEP: 28
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Title: "Expiration" of inactive GLEPs
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Version: $Revision: 1.4 $
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Last-Modified: $Date: 2004/10/20 20:56:28 $
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Author: Grant Goodyear <g2boojum@gentoo.org>
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Status: Approved
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Type: Informational
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Content-Type: text/x-rst
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Created: 2-Jun-2004
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Post-History: 2-Jun-2004, 20-Jul-2004
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Status
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This GLEP was approved on 14-Jun-2004.
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Abstract
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To keep inactive GLEPs from lingering in a limbo state, Draft GLEPs that have
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been inactive for more than 60 days and Accepted GLEPs that have been
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inactive for over six months should be marked "deferred" due to inactivity
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(and, presumably, lack of interest).
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Motivation
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Right now a number of GLEPs have been in "Draft" status for as much as 11
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months, with no obvious activity occurring to either submit the GLEP for
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approval or to withdraw it as a bad idea. Similarly, although it has not yet
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really been a problem, Accepted GLEPs also have the potential to linger
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without any indication that they are moving forward toward being finalized.
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Having a "timeout" period for GLEPs should spur GLEP authors to remain active
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in either getting support for or finalizing GLEPs.
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Specification
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If a Draft GLEP is inactive for more than 60 days or an Accepted GLEP is
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inactive for more than six months, then it would be marked as "deferred" on
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the main `GLEP page`_. Inactivity is defined simply as the GLEP author has
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not contacted the GLEP editors with either an update or a request to submit
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the GLEP for approval (in the case of a Draft GLEP) or a request that the GLEP
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be marked final (in the case of an Accepted GLEP).
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.. _GLEP page: http://glep.gentoo.org
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A GLEP that has been marked "deferred" may be reopened by request of the GLEP
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author or a Gentoo manager, as long as that request also includes either an
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update or a note submitting the GLEP for approval or finalization.
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Rationale
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The GLEP editors have better things to do than chase after GLEP authors to
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find out how their GLEPs are progressing. This GLEP should help.
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Backwards Compatibility
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Not really an issue here.
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Copyright
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This document has been placed in the public domain.
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