From 7b0746ee8667636c189329d9dc9d3ce2bf5ff601 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "W. Trevor King" Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2016 00:16:59 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS_GUIDE: Remove duplicate maintainer expectations This information was already covered more explicitly in the earlier "What are a maintainer's responsibilities?" section. Signed-off-by: W. Trevor King --- MAINTAINERS_GUIDE.md | 8 +------- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/MAINTAINERS_GUIDE.md b/MAINTAINERS_GUIDE.md index 2b478b9..d9fc962 100644 --- a/MAINTAINERS_GUIDE.md +++ b/MAINTAINERS_GUIDE.md @@ -83,13 +83,7 @@ pull request review, and triage of issues in the project for more than two month Just contributing does not make you a maintainer, it is about building trust with the current maintainers of the project and being a person that they can depend on to act in the best interest of the project. The final vote to add a new maintainer should be approved by the [governance procedure](GOVERNANCE.md). -### What is expected of maintainers? - -Part of a healthy project is to have active maintainers to support the community -in contributions and perform tasks to keep the project running. Maintainers are -expected to be able to respond in a timely manner if their help is required on specific -issues where they are pinged. Being a maintainer is a time consuming commitment and should -not be taken lightly. +### How are maintainers removed? When a maintainer is unable to perform the [required duties](#what-are-a-maintainers-responsibilities) they can be removed by the [governance procedure](GOVERNANCE.md). Issues related to a maintainer's performance should be discussed with them among the other maintainers so that they are not surprised by a pull request removing them.