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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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