Interesting thread. On Sun, 28 Mar 2010, vicente.botet wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "Stewart, Robert" <Robert.Stewart@sig.com>
Instead, I was looking to keep the phrasing sufficiently vague to leave wiggle room based upon community perception and maintainer response when the community complains.
I see, but I think that we need however to set some high limits.
It is common for "parlimentary" bodies to have clauses that can be used to trigger debate. Such a technique might be good for boost. Pick lower bounds that seem reasonable for bugs, patches, etc. Maybe one month for patch resolution or bug triage, and six months for a "will do" bugfix. When a time limit is exceeded, interested users can call for new maintainership; the community can respond by telling them to wait, pestering the developer, finding a new maintainer, etc. - Daniel