Audit active maintainers + request for new maintainers + retire old maintainers

[caniszczyk]

In regards to opencontainers/tob#95

If I do a quick audit of all of authors and last commit dates, i.e., git log --pretty=%an%x09%ad | awk -F$'\t' '!seen[$1]++'

I get this:

Vincent Batts Wed Mar 31 12:49:27 2021 -0400
Aleksa Sarai Thu Feb 6 11:52:12 2020 +1100
Brandon Philips Wed Feb 5 16:15:59 2020 -0800
Vanessa Sochat Wed Nov 6 11:17:54 2019 -0500
Valentin Rothberg Fri Aug 23 10:39:07 2019 +0200
Jonathan Boulle Wed Aug 21 16:27:44 2019 +0200
Phil Estes Wed Jul 17 14:34:52 2019 -0400
Giuseppe Scrivano Wed Aug 21 13:27:54 2019 +0200
Odin Ugedal Sat Jun 15 01:31:43 2019 +0200
Florian Woerner Thu Mar 21 11:12:54 2019 +0100
xiekeyang Wed Mar 6 10:16:47 2019 +0800
Jimmy Zelinskie Tue Feb 5 14:31:41 2019 -0500
Chris Aniszczyk Sun Jan 20 08:25:14 2019 -0700
Yusuke Nakamura Mon Dec 24 18:35:00 2018 +0900
Harald Nordgren Sun Oct 28 22:58:50 2018 +0100
Miloslav Trmač Mon Sep 17 16:01:18 2018 +0200
Stephen Day Thu Feb 8 11:11:08 2018 -0800
Francesco Mari Mon Jan 15 11:32:45 2018 +0100
Akihiro Suda Thu Aug 3 06:14:05 2017 +0000
W. Trevor King Mon Sep 18 13:19:50 2017 -0700
Eli Young Mon Sep 11 13:31:40 2017 -0700
zhouhao Wed Sep 6 11:09:58 2017 +0800
Lei Jitang Thu Aug 17 08:34:55 2017 -0400
v1.0.0.batts Thu Jul 20 10:31:43 2017 -0400
David Reeß Wed Jul 19 20:14:19 2017 +0100
John Starks Fri Jun 30 08:12:18 2017 -0700
Stephen J Day Wed Jun 21 14:31:19 2017 -0700
Qiang Huang Sun Jun 18 18:10:48 2017 +0800
Ma Shimiao Fri May 12 20:08:52 2017 +0800
Matt Spencer Fri Apr 28 16:11:26 2017 +0100
Qian Zhang Fri Apr 21 08:52:51 2017 +0800
Mike Brown Mon Apr 10 15:52:15 2017 -0500
Erik Hollensbe Mon Mar 20 19:22:53 2017 -0700
Luca Bruno Mon Apr 3 08:14:13 2017 +0000
Vishvananda Ishaya Abrams Tue Mar 28 14:45:56 2017 -0700
Antonio Murdaca Fri Feb 17 12:19:20 2017 +0100
Rob Dolin (MSFT) Wed Dec 14 09:45:38 2016 -0800
Yong Tang Sun Jan 29 09:53:54 2017 -0800
David Lyle Thu Jan 26 22:01:28 2017 -0700
Jesse Butler Thu Jan 26 17:51:21 2017 -0500
Greg Kroah-Hartman Wed Dec 14 14:54:05 2016 -0800
Doug Davis Mon Nov 14 10:03:00 2016 -0800
Sn0rt Mon Nov 7 16:57:11 2016 +0800
LingFaKe Mon Oct 31 19:41:59 2016 +0800
Zhang Wei Sun Oct 9 16:53:13 2016 +0800
Kushal Das Mon Sep 12 10:10:38 2016 +0530
Deng Guangxing Tue Aug 30 17:06:17 2016 +0800
Graham Whaley Sat Aug 20 16:39:15 2016 +0100
Amit Saha Tue Aug 9 15:11:51 2016 +1000
George Lestaris Mon Aug 1 16:51:28 2016 +0100
Sergiusz Urbaniak Fri Jul 22 16:42:00 2016 +0200
Timothy Hobbs Fri Apr 15 01:21:09 2016 +0200
Mrunal Patel Wed Apr 6 11:08:27 2016 -0700

[vrothberg]

As mentioned in opencontainers/tob#95, I'd be happy to offer my help as a maintainer and help push things forward.

[vbatts]

this is good for last seen, though isn't quite an activity statement. Not sure what the best heuristic should be.

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On Mon, Apr 5, 2021 at 12:51 PM Chris Aniszczyk ***@***.***> wrote: In regards to opencontainers/tob#95 <opencontainers/tob#95> If I do a quick audit of all of authors and last commit dates, i.e., git log --pretty=%an%x09%ad | awk -F$'\t' '!seen[$1]++' I get this: Vincent Batts Wed Mar 31 12:49:27 2021 -0400 Aleksa Sarai Thu Feb 6 11:52:12 2020 +1100 Brandon Philips Wed Feb 5 16:15:59 2020 -0800 Vanessa Sochat Wed Nov 6 11:17:54 2019 -0500 Valentin Rothberg Fri Aug 23 10:39:07 2019 +0200 Jonathan Boulle Wed Aug 21 16:27:44 2019 +0200 Phil Estes Wed Jul 17 14:34:52 2019 -0400 Giuseppe Scrivano Wed Aug 21 13:27:54 2019 +0200 Odin Ugedal Sat Jun 15 01:31:43 2019 +0200 Florian Woerner Thu Mar 21 11:12:54 2019 +0100 xiekeyang Wed Mar 6 10:16:47 2019 +0800 Jimmy Zelinskie Tue Feb 5 14:31:41 2019 -0500 Chris Aniszczyk Sun Jan 20 08:25:14 2019 -0700 Yusuke Nakamura Mon Dec 24 18:35:00 2018 +0900 Harald Nordgren Sun Oct 28 22:58:50 2018 +0100 Miloslav Trmač Mon Sep 17 16:01:18 2018 +0200 Stephen Day Thu Feb 8 11:11:08 2018 -0800 Francesco Mari Mon Jan 15 11:32:45 2018 +0100 Akihiro Suda Thu Aug 3 06:14:05 2017 +0000 W. Trevor King Mon Sep 18 13:19:50 2017 -0700 Eli Young Mon Sep 11 13:31:40 2017 -0700 zhouhao Wed Sep 6 11:09:58 2017 +0800 Lei Jitang Thu Aug 17 08:34:55 2017 -0400 v1.0.0.batts Thu Jul 20 10:31:43 2017 -0400 David Reeß Wed Jul 19 20:14:19 2017 +0100 John Starks Fri Jun 30 08:12:18 2017 -0700 Stephen J Day Wed Jun 21 14:31:19 2017 -0700 Qiang Huang Sun Jun 18 18:10:48 2017 +0800 Ma Shimiao Fri May 12 20:08:52 2017 +0800 Matt Spencer Fri Apr 28 16:11:26 2017 +0100 Qian Zhang Fri Apr 21 08:52:51 2017 +0800 Mike Brown Mon Apr 10 15:52:15 2017 -0500 Erik Hollensbe Mon Mar 20 19:22:53 2017 -0700 Luca Bruno Mon Apr 3 08:14:13 2017 +0000 Vishvananda Ishaya Abrams Tue Mar 28 14:45:56 2017 -0700 Antonio Murdaca Fri Feb 17 12:19:20 2017 +0100 Rob Dolin (MSFT) Wed Dec 14 09:45:38 2016 -0800 Yong Tang Sun Jan 29 09:53:54 2017 -0800 David Lyle Thu Jan 26 22:01:28 2017 -0700 Jesse Butler Thu Jan 26 17:51:21 2017 -0500 Greg Kroah-Hartman Wed Dec 14 14:54:05 2016 -0800 Doug Davis Mon Nov 14 10:03:00 2016 -0800 Sn0rt Mon Nov 7 16:57:11 2016 +0800 LingFaKe Mon Oct 31 19:41:59 2016 +0800 Zhang Wei Sun Oct 9 16:53:13 2016 +0800 Kushal Das Mon Sep 12 10:10:38 2016 +0530 Deng Guangxing Tue Aug 30 17:06:17 2016 +0800 Graham Whaley Sat Aug 20 16:39:15 2016 +0100 Amit Saha Tue Aug 9 15:11:51 2016 +1000 George Lestaris Mon Aug 1 16:51:28 2016 +0100 Sergiusz Urbaniak Fri Jul 22 16:42:00 2016 +0200 Timothy Hobbs Fri Apr 15 01:21:09 2016 +0200 Mrunal Patel Wed Apr 6 11:08:27 2016 -0700 — You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#834>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAAQL2OQA553CDDR3MDGA43THHS7VANCNFSM42NDHFBQ> .

[caniszczyk]

For sure Vincent, I think there's also a factor in being involved in products that depend on the image spec as a factor. It's something the TOB should consider as just one indicator. On Tue, Apr 6, 2021 at 11:03 AM Vincent Batts ***@***.***> wrote:

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this is good for last seen, though isn't quite an activity statement. Not sure what the best heuristic should be. On Mon, Apr 5, 2021 at 12:51 PM Chris Aniszczyk ***@***.***> wrote: > In regards to opencontainers/tob#95 > <opencontainers/tob#95> > > If I do a quick audit of all of authors and last commit dates, i.e., git > log --pretty=%an%x09%ad | awk -F$'\t' '!seen[$1]++' > > I get this: > > Vincent Batts Wed Mar 31 12:49:27 2021 -0400 > Aleksa Sarai Thu Feb 6 11:52:12 2020 +1100 > Brandon Philips Wed Feb 5 16:15:59 2020 -0800 > Vanessa Sochat Wed Nov 6 11:17:54 2019 -0500 > Valentin Rothberg Fri Aug 23 10:39:07 2019 +0200 > Jonathan Boulle Wed Aug 21 16:27:44 2019 +0200 > Phil Estes Wed Jul 17 14:34:52 2019 -0400 > Giuseppe Scrivano Wed Aug 21 13:27:54 2019 +0200 > Odin Ugedal Sat Jun 15 01:31:43 2019 +0200 > Florian Woerner Thu Mar 21 11:12:54 2019 +0100 > xiekeyang Wed Mar 6 10:16:47 2019 +0800 > Jimmy Zelinskie Tue Feb 5 14:31:41 2019 -0500 > Chris Aniszczyk Sun Jan 20 08:25:14 2019 -0700 > Yusuke Nakamura Mon Dec 24 18:35:00 2018 +0900 > Harald Nordgren Sun Oct 28 22:58:50 2018 +0100 > Miloslav Trmač Mon Sep 17 16:01:18 2018 +0200 > Stephen Day Thu Feb 8 11:11:08 2018 -0800 > Francesco Mari Mon Jan 15 11:32:45 2018 +0100 > Akihiro Suda Thu Aug 3 06:14:05 2017 +0000 > W. Trevor King Mon Sep 18 13:19:50 2017 -0700 > Eli Young Mon Sep 11 13:31:40 2017 -0700 > zhouhao Wed Sep 6 11:09:58 2017 +0800 > Lei Jitang Thu Aug 17 08:34:55 2017 -0400 > v1.0.0.batts Thu Jul 20 10:31:43 2017 -0400 > David Reeß Wed Jul 19 20:14:19 2017 +0100 > John Starks Fri Jun 30 08:12:18 2017 -0700 > Stephen J Day Wed Jun 21 14:31:19 2017 -0700 > Qiang Huang Sun Jun 18 18:10:48 2017 +0800 > Ma Shimiao Fri May 12 20:08:52 2017 +0800 > Matt Spencer Fri Apr 28 16:11:26 2017 +0100 > Qian Zhang Fri Apr 21 08:52:51 2017 +0800 > Mike Brown Mon Apr 10 15:52:15 2017 -0500 > Erik Hollensbe Mon Mar 20 19:22:53 2017 -0700 > Luca Bruno Mon Apr 3 08:14:13 2017 +0000 > Vishvananda Ishaya Abrams Tue Mar 28 14:45:56 2017 -0700 > Antonio Murdaca Fri Feb 17 12:19:20 2017 +0100 > Rob Dolin (MSFT) Wed Dec 14 09:45:38 2016 -0800 > Yong Tang Sun Jan 29 09:53:54 2017 -0800 > David Lyle Thu Jan 26 22:01:28 2017 -0700 > Jesse Butler Thu Jan 26 17:51:21 2017 -0500 > Greg Kroah-Hartman Wed Dec 14 14:54:05 2016 -0800 > Doug Davis Mon Nov 14 10:03:00 2016 -0800 > Sn0rt Mon Nov 7 16:57:11 2016 +0800 > LingFaKe Mon Oct 31 19:41:59 2016 +0800 > Zhang Wei Sun Oct 9 16:53:13 2016 +0800 > Kushal Das Mon Sep 12 10:10:38 2016 +0530 > Deng Guangxing Tue Aug 30 17:06:17 2016 +0800 > Graham Whaley Sat Aug 20 16:39:15 2016 +0100 > Amit Saha Tue Aug 9 15:11:51 2016 +1000 > George Lestaris Mon Aug 1 16:51:28 2016 +0100 > Sergiusz Urbaniak Fri Jul 22 16:42:00 2016 +0200 > Timothy Hobbs Fri Apr 15 01:21:09 2016 +0200 > Mrunal Patel Wed Apr 6 11:08:27 2016 -0700 > > — > You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. > Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub > <#834>, or unsubscribe > < https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAAQL2OQA553CDDR3MDGA43THHS7VANCNFSM42NDHFBQ > > . > — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#834 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAAPSILDQAY4OFFDK2V2XLTTHMWEBANCNFSM42NDHFBQ> .

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[caniszczyk]

FYI I tried to reach out to two maintainers who haven't responded to my emails over the last week or so:

Jonathan Boulle jon@nstack.com (@jonboulle)
Keyang Xie keyang.xie@gmail.com (@xiekeyang)
My suggestion to the existing @opencontainers/image-spec-maintainers and @opencontainers/tob is that if they don't vote +1/-1 or abstain publicly, that we explore avenues of retiring them from active maintainership and putting them in EMERITUS status.

[vbatts]

@caniszczyk right on.

Starks was present just 2 days ago, surprisingly #844 (review)

[caniszczyk]

Starks may not just be responding to my lovely emails :)

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On Fri, Apr 23, 2021 at 11:59 AM Vincent Batts ***@***.***> wrote: @caniszczyk <https://github.com/caniszczyk> right on. Starks was present just 2 days ago, surprisingly #844 (review) <#844 (review)> — You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#834 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAAPSIMOOISQG4MXC254SELTKGRQNANCNFSM42NDHFBQ> .

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[jstarks]

Yikes, looks like my email filters need some work. Sorry about that.

I think it's valuable to have an active maintainer with a strong Windows background--as the image spec evolves, I think it's important that Windows not be left behind. I've been trying to find someone with this background to nominate as my replacement, since I have not been active in a long time.

[jstarks]

Granted, others may disagree about the importance of having a Windows maintainer. And we don't necessarily need to wait for a new maintainer with Windows background before I retire. I'm certainly open to suggestions on what's best for the group.

[caniszczyk]

Awesome, consider this a response, that just leaves the other two! IMHO, great to have a Windows maintainer involved

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On Fri, Apr 23, 2021 at 1:21 PM John Starks ***@***.***> wrote: Granted, others may disagree about the importance of having a Windows maintainer. And we don't necessarily need to wait for a new maintainer with Windows background before I retire. I'm certainly open to suggestions on what's best for the group. — You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#834 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAAPSIOZ6EBE4AMVCSE7MDDTKG3DDANCNFSM42NDHFBQ> .

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[caniszczyk]

According to other @opencontainers/image-spec-maintainers, @jonboulle hasn't been active in over a year on OCI or even on GitHub, he hasn't responded to inquiries either over email. My advice is to send a PR retiring his maintainer status and having the other maintainers vote on removal.

If any @opencontainers/image-spec-maintainers are opposed this, let me know as I plan to do this within 48 hours.

[fuweid]

FYI I tried to reach out to two maintainers who haven't responded to my emails over the last week or so:

Jonathan Boulle jon@nstack.com (@jonboulle)
Keyang Xie keyang.xie@gmail.com (@xiekeyang)
My suggestion to the existing @opencontainers/image-spec-maintainers and @opencontainers/tob is that if they don't vote +1/-1 or abstain publicly, that we explore avenues of retiring them from active maintainership and putting them in EMERITUS status.

Tried to reach out to him in Linkedin and hopefully get response in time.