Re: Stepping down from several maintainership roles

[Andrew Cagney <ac131313@redhat.com>]

David,

An inactive maintainer, at some point, be it 6 months, or even two years 
of inactivity, needs recognize that they are no longer participating in 
GDB's day-to-day development and as such should probably step back from 
their maintenance roles.  If doing this means that the role becomes 
vacant then that is a good thing.  This is because having no maintainer 
removes any possible perception that the code is, in even the smallest 
way, being developed or maintained (c.f., java).

With this in mind I'll, from time to time, ping GDB maintainers and ask 
them to review their current level of commitment to both GDB and the 
FSF, and consider droping an area of maintenance responsibility. 
Overall, I receive a very positive response to such requests.  I 
personally appreciate such a level of professionalism, simply 
acknowledging this can be both difficult and painful.

No one has been `pressured into severing ties outright'.

Andrew