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commit 9ade2b720af91acecf76278b4d9b99ace406781e
Author: Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>
AuthorDate: Fri Mar 12 15:26:27 2021 -0500

    doc: Document the guidelines for removing inactive committers.
    
    For more context, see the discussion in <https://bugs.gnu.org/47111>.
    
    * doc/contributing.texi (Commit Access): Add paragraph about removing
    inactive committers.
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 doc/contributing.texi | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi
index e105467..58c4daf 100644
--- a/doc/contributing.texi
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@@ -1373,6 +1373,12 @@ you're confident, it's OK to commit.
 That last part is subject to being adjusted, allowing individuals to commit
 directly on non-controversial changes on parts they’re familiar with.
 
+In order to reduce the possibility of mistakes, committers will have
+their Savannah account removed from the Guix Savannah project and their
+key removed from @file{.guix-authorizations} after 12 months of
+inactivity; they can ask to regain commit access by emailing the
+maintainers, without going through the vouching process.
+
 One last thing: the project keeps moving forward because committers not
 only push their own awesome changes, but also offer some of their time
 @emph{reviewing} and pushing other people's changes.  As a committer,