From 572be20994028534ae658645972e014971d831ba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Nathaniel J. Smith" Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2018 19:46:39 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] PEP 8016: add more details about how emeritus members work (#834) --- pep-8016.rst | 10 ++++++++-- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/pep-8016.rst b/pep-8016.rst index 466ade3c4..69be5e92c 100644 --- a/pep-8016.rst +++ b/pep-8016.rst @@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ joining the core team, in no particular order: - Creating visual designs Core team membership acknowledges sustained and valuable efforts that -align well with the philosophy and the goals of the Python Project. +align well with the philosophy and the goals of the Python project. It is granted by receiving at least two-thirds positive votes in a core team vote and no veto by the steering council. @@ -292,7 +292,13 @@ encouraged to declare themselves as "emeritus members". Those who haven't made any non-trivial contribution in two years may be asked to move themselves to this category, and moved there if they don't respond. Emeritus team members lose their privileges such as voting -rights and commit access. +rights and commit access. If an emeritus team member later resumes +contributing, they may rejoin the core team on request, without the +need for a vote. + +The initial core team will consist of everyone who has commit access +in the Python organization on Github, and the initial emeritus members +will consist of everyone who has been a committer in the past. Changing this document