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Re: Stepping down from several maintainership roles


David,

An inactive maintainer, at some point, be it 6 months, or even two years of inactivity, needs recognize that they are no longer participating in GDB's day-to-day development and as such should probably step back from their maintenance roles. If doing this means that the role becomes vacant then that is a good thing. This is because having no maintainer removes any possible perception that the code is, in even the smallest way, being developed or maintained (c.f., java).

With this in mind I'll, from time to time, ping GDB maintainers and ask them to review their current level of commitment to both GDB and the FSF, and consider droping an area of maintenance responsibility. Overall, I receive a very positive response to such requests. I personally appreciate such a level of professionalism, simply acknowledging this can be both difficult and painful.

No one has been `pressured into severing ties outright'.

Andrew


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