Path: csiph.com!pasdenom.info!usenet.goja.nl.eu.org!news.nntp4.net!news.hispagatos.org!srl.newsdeef.eu!news.corradoroberto.it!gothmog.csi.it!bofh.it!news.nic.it!robomod From: Soren Stoutner Newsgroups: linux.debian.maint.python Subject: Re: Thoughts on removing access to the Python teams repositories to inactive members ? Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2026 18:30:01 +0100 Message-ID: References: X-Mailbox-Line: From debian-python-request@lists.debian.org Mon Jan 12 17:23:29 2026 Old-Return-Path: X-Amavis-Spam-Status: No, score=-114.51 tagged_above=-10000 required=5.3 tests=[BAYES_00=-2, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-0.001, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, LDO_WHITELIST=-5, PGPSIGNATURE=-5, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, UNPARSEABLE_RELAY=0.001, USER_IN_DKIM_WELCOMELIST=-0.01, USER_IN_DKIM_WHITELIST=-100] autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no Organization: Debian Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADAAAAAwBAMAAAClLOS0AAAAFVBMVEWIg4F7bGiws7ReTkyy kYoXFRrd6/4yMA0PAAACaklEQVQ4y22TwXabMBBFJaPuNZGSNZZp1uhM6BpkJeu4VFk3bsL/f0Lf CHC6qHyOgbl68zTDoIwaVfh3tUopTUGpbFToDiFnY9IY2oMAZYMiS4R9SfbSXepSS5EcFAa/muIU aRj8mkoUqrEraFzhYegBmqig0LyCIyM8DAwPlpBqmJVYaD2UeWZ3abVjsqKIojg+hY4omsyIcNSi qIBM6jJWOveS6kvBeVvHJ+VYzJUW88RmA12UiBx3HEcUMRuzIZI6tBQovTrPclNB3AuUXoXvs0XY C3B2baJpW4Dn2ZpVMInCirkxoyhM1qpK5nFrO65QvCrCqql2DyPgvm94iMQz5/PmISuEotxQGMD5 M5G1N9CjXJ5HQH96BZG2xx6AzejYZccxT4Re3Zr4bPKkCcGcz5Or3dVEABkAUY/znnVcQVVkrXVU vomoEJFe7x4nQuaZmZELL6qnXZGIB5YV/Q2IogtSmyNybEcBX2+QCLOAQYm+gmoORUrYzV7dc6R2 T1WPm45oVEQqsjtoIovHyTmcyxMhVVxTqapomZyLlAmTKC9AmjgamXXGZo+epNrXO3wGGiPRHbKL FnMy2RRgRb1gzFXXGjhICp8wqaTtdtyQH6nWTfkatJvJJoUCbOjSC7wR9/naEVognxrOFdLh7Ugx QpA/0QT4pRV0+u2dqsXD5y9EBDjVAJS3ZZLxmZblgmsU8x7mBeCKg48Py7WU2IiH1epbEbC8K9Ms y0cpcySVUcdQVrBY+rEsv+XpYgFKXT8B3v2yATxv8fKK2EfC358tsIMLYqfD401xA0j1EY4P/wWf IbhlOWyBv4OQsywBM8MAAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart14372785.O9o76ZdvQC"; micalg="pgp-sha512"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Debian-User: soren X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/23590 List-ID: List-URL: List-Archive: https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/4370652.mvXUDI8C0e@soren-desktop Approved: robomod@news.nic.it Lines: 68 Sender: robomod@news.nic.it X-Original-Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2026 10:23:02 -0700 X-Original-Message-ID: <4370652.mvXUDI8C0e@soren-desktop> X-Original-References: Xref: csiph.com linux.debian.maint.python:17340 --nextPart14372785.O9o76ZdvQC Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; protected-headers="v1" From: Soren Stoutner To: "debian-python@lists.debian.org" Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2026 10:23:02 -0700 Message-ID: <4370652.mvXUDI8C0e@soren-desktop> Organization: Debian In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 On Monday, January 12, 2026 10:11:57=E2=80=AFAM Mountain Standard Time Loui= s-Philippe=20 V=C3=A9ronneau wrote: > Hello! >=20 > I'm frequently replying to people asking to join the Python Team and as > per our policy, we are pretty liberal in granting access to our > repositories :) >=20 > That's great, but of course, the more people have access to the > repositories, the more potential for abuse. >=20 > There are currently 539 members of the team on Salsa and some of these > members haven't been active in the team for a while. I was wondering > what people thought of removing access to accounts that haven't been > active between 2023 to 2026. >=20 > I think a 3 years cutoff is fair? A quick look on Salsa lists around 75 > accounts that would meet that criteria. >=20 > Of course, people that would be removed could always ask to be added > again, if they need access to a repository ;) That sounds like a wise policy. I would recommending posting the list of=20 names to be removed to the mailing list and allowing anyone on the list a w= eek=20 or so to respond describing their desires to continue as a member of the te= am=20 before removal. =2D-=20 Soren Stoutner soren@debian.org --nextPart14372785.O9o76ZdvQC Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAABCgAdFiEEJKVN2yNUZnlcqOI+wufLJ66wtgMFAmllLfcACgkQwufLJ66w tgOzvRAAsCrn/8myouMHZ1wK16gl1HcugsFTTWCdr6D5xTjUnG8jaCuX1F/rVlnN InEeslehrNJrKhWt8aJvlmV/zsHGiNmtWCUZmCNuUpIIqyoJnd896MgjkXoxhALs KjmAL4rfLjTVbmjNDIUb1UFduX9lvdEUFYTfTBrFug8EIdNG4Q6wHbbPiSixHF1i bHvhjXva1deHBfJLcyiuoHMrSxE45wGR8E56QK6IUhDG4uk5wIT2JEWN53coCqDk kT0jwUKy+8tS8o+Fa7jU0R1YguC548gyWUCBJXwPODA6H9ABn8oKIUqahdKEtRBW DJyzc5LarA3IT1PwyRf5bfjmOyUu/63kdyc+MaWoZobZCgcLi4LBgZ4P02c3nMTE T6VJyqirVLBcqZXC6f3egAL30zA/c35D1s1JQ3tD0bDd/r5O4tN5vaEaxqTCLrit H4sCm2fmnqtW+eGw50BXSlzzNCGxe7jtuRzf02kf+TVOwmj2h1Ch3IdhSm0NmLFB WLfa6gb0FZypw26CXZ4x0X3rFNYWAmKJLOeY5r52l+k4DpRN06JIiHYnrXdomZbJ zP8XrBH61ymXLDCME6XOg4A2oGIL5cg6K9Pz63XUWMChl8D53vwsH/G9iS/5k0bg mXEf/EU65jBCdjM7EqsiCTmc9RDtF6gSrR/CYmmMypMw1lFWj7g= =w9Ke -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart14372785.O9o76ZdvQC--