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PACKAGE MAINTAINER BYLAWS

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Summary
Mission
Bylaws
Standard Voting Procedure
Quorum
Addition of a Package Maintainer
Removal of a Package Maintainer
Special Removal of an Inactive Package Maintainer
Amendment of Bylaws

Package Maintainers <aur-general@lists.archlinux.org> 1.3, 2013-08-07


SUMMARY

This document describes the bylaws of the Package Maintainer group, its mission,
and duties.


MISSION

The Package Maintainers serve the following purposes:

 1. Maintain Archlinux’s official repositories (not including [core] /
    [core-testing] which are only accessible to developers).

 2. Maintain, manage, and watch over the operation of the AUR.


BYLAWS

The bylaws are written to be consistent with the mission of the Package
Maintainers, and to ensure that Package Maintainers continue to be Trusted in
the future. They are also written with the intent to keep the Package Maintainer
organization a thriving one, fulfilling its purpose.


STANDARD VOTING PROCEDURE

Standard Voting Procedure (SVP) describes the formal procedure used by Package
Maintainers to accept or reject proposals regarding Package Maintainer affairs.

SVP begins with a proposal, for example the addition of a Package Maintainer or
an amendment to the bylaws. The proposal should be clear and concise and it must
be posted on the aur-general mailing list (aur-general). The proposal must also
be worded unambiguously, such that a YES or NO answer may be given.

The discussion period begins when the proposal is posted on aur-general. The
duration of the discussion period shall be 5 full days UNLESS otherwise stated
in a section of the bylaws pertaining to the proposal. Official discussion shall
take place on aur-general. During the discussion period, votes shall not be
cast.

The voting period begins when the discussion period ends. The duration of the
voting period shall be 7 full days UNLESS otherwise stated in a section of the
bylaws pertaining to the proposal. During the voting period, Package Maintainers
may vote YES, NO or ABSTAIN. Votes shall be cast under the Package Maintainer
section of the AUR website. At the end of the voting period, all votes shall be
tallied.

The proposal is accepted if EITHER

 1. the number of YES votes is greater than half the number of Package
    Maintainers OR

 2. quorum has been established and the number of YES votes is greater than the
    number of NO votes

UNLESS otherwise stated in a section of the bylaws pertaining to the proposal.

The proposal is rejected if EITHER

 1. the number of NO votes is greater than or equal to half the number of
    Package Maintainers OR

 2. quorum has been established and the number of NO votes is greater than or
    equal to the number of YES votes

UNLESS otherwise stated in a section of the bylaws pertaining to the proposal.

A rejected proposal may not be presented again before a waiting period has
passed. The duration of the waiting period shall be 3 full months UNLESS
otherwise stated in a section of the bylaws pertaining to the proposal. The
waiting period begins at the end of the voting period.

If quorum is not established by the end of the voting period then the proposal
is neither accepted nor rejected. A second SVP shall begin to establish the
status of the proposal. If the proposal is not accepted at the end of the second
SVP then it shall be rejected.


QUORUM

Quorums ensure that all matters decided by vote are representative of the
Package Maintainer group. All Package Maintainers are expected to participate in
all votes and the preceding discussions whenever possible.

Quorum shall be 66% of all Package Maintainers and participation shall be
measured by the sum of YES, NO and ABSTAIN votes, UNLESS otherwise stated in a
section of the bylaws pertaining to the proposal. The total number of Package
Maintainers is recorded at the beginning of the voting period.


ADDITION OF A PACKAGE MAINTAINER

The addition of a Package Maintainer may occur at any time.

In order to become a Package Maintainer, one must first find two sponsoring
Package Maintainers following the guidelines outlined below, and arrange
privately with them to announce their candidacy on the aur-general mailing list.
Following the announcement, standard voting procedure commences with a
discussion period of 14 days, a quorum of 66%, and a voting period of 7 days.

SVP( addition_of_Package_Maintainer, 14, 0.66, 7 );

If a candidate is rejected by SVP, they may not reapply to become a Package
Maintainer for a period of three months.


REMOVAL OF A PACKAGE MAINTAINER

The removal of a Package Maintainer may also occur at any time.

A motion for the removal of a Package Maintainer must be made by at least 2
Package Maintainers. The motion must be sent to aur-general, and contain a
detailed and valid reason why the Package Maintainer in question should be
removed. Following the motion, standard voting procedure commences with a
discussion period of 7 days, a quorum of 75% of all Package Maintainers except
for the Package Maintainer being considered for removal, and a voting period of
7 days.

SVP( general_removal_of_Package_Maintainer, 7, 0.75, 7);

The Package Maintainer brought up for removal may defend themselves during the
discussion period, but may not vote on the proposal.


SPECIAL REMOVAL OF AN INACTIVE PACKAGE MAINTAINER

A Package Maintainer who has not done ANY of the following for a period of at
least 2 months:

 1. added, removed or updated a package in any official repositories or the AUR

 2. performed any action that required Package Maintainer privileges on the AUR,
    for example resolving package requests, modifying user accounts, or force
    pushing to a package base, but NOT including participation in a voting
    period

 3. posted a message to aur-general

OR who has not voted in a consecutive series of voting periods, the starting
dates of which span 2 months or more, shall be brought up for special removal
due to inactivity.

In this special case, the motion may be made by one Package Maintainer instead
of two, and SVP is followed by a discussion period of 3 days, a quorum of 66%,
and a voting period of 5 days.

SVP( removal_of_inactive_Package_Maintainer, 3, 0.66, 5 );


AMENDMENT OF BYLAWS

These bylaws may be amended at any time.

A Package Maintainer must motion for an amendment by sending an announcement to
aur-general.

The message must contain a link to a merge reqest in the official
package-maintainer-bylaws repository and the merge request description should
contain a meaningful description and motivation for the change.

SVP is commenced at the time of the motion, with a discussion period of 5 days,
a quorum of 75%, and a voting period of 7 days.

SVP( amend_bylaws, 5, 0.75, 7);

If the amendment fails, the same amendment may not be motioned for a period of
three weeks.

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