Emeritus Maintainer @jim3ma Transition Proposal

[mingcheng]

Background

According to our community governance guidelines, maintainers who have been inactive for an extended period may be transitioned to Emeritus Maintainer status. This status honors their past contributions while acknowledging their current unavailability to fulfill maintainer responsibilities.

So, we propose to transition @jim3ma to Emeritus Maintainer status due to extended inactivity in project responsibilities.

Rationale

• No participation in community weekly meetings for at least 3 months
• No code contributions or reviews in the past 1 year, and he's last contribution recorded was more than 1 year ago

  User: jim3ma in dragonflyoss/dragonfly
  
  Name: Jim Ma
  Created: Mar 23, 2012 (14 years ago)
  Repos: 436
  Followers: 172
  Following: 180
  
  Repository Activity:
  Commits: 100
  Pull Requests: 0
  Issues: 3
  Last Commit: Feb 10, 2025 (1 year ago)
  Last Issue: Apr 21, 2023 (3 years ago)
  
  Last Activity: Feb 10, 2025 (1 year ago)
  Days Since: 486 days ago
  
  INACTIVE (>90 days without activity)
  

• No response to maintainer duties and community discussions
• Previously expressed time and bandwidth constraints

Proposal

Move @jim3ma to Emeritus Maintainer status, recognizing their past contributions while acknowledging current unavailability.

Voting

• Motion: Transition @jim3ma to Emeritus Maintainer status.
• Voting Period: 2026-06-12 to 2026-06-19 (7 days, after our next community meeting)
• Eligible Voters: Current maintainers

Next Steps

If approved, we will:

1. Update maintainer lists and documentation
2. Send appreciation message to @jim3ma
3. Adjust repository permissions accordingly

[mingcheng]

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