doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/internal/expire-bits.xml
Gabor Pali 4b5f3e7a75 - Extend the commit bit expiration policy with a paragraph on suspending
cluster accounts

Approved by:	core
With hat:	core-secretary
2013-11-26 17:37:42 +00:00

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<!ENTITY title "Commit Bit Expiration Policy">
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<h2>Rationale</h2>
<p>Over time, FreeBSD committers may find other demands on their time,
and decide that they wish to resign their commit bit. However, under
some circumstances, a committer may become inactive over a long period
of time without explicitly resigning their bit. Over the long term,
these accounts can represent a security risk, as well as posing
procedural questions regarding the degree to which contact information
and access methods for the account are maintainable. For these
reasons, the FreeBSD Core Team approved the following commit bit
expiration policy, last updated on November 26, 2013.</p>
<h2>Policy</h2>
<p>Committers that have not made a commit in 18 months may be removed
from the access file from time to time. Committers that wish to get
back their commit bits will have to reapply with the appropriate
authority.</p>
<p>If all of a committer's commit bits expire, then the committer's
<tt>FreeBSD.org</tt> account may also be suspended at the &os; Core
Team's discretion. An account is suspended by disabling login
access and any other services (such as CGI scripts or non-trivial
mail forwarding configurations) that execute under the committer's
account. Simple mail forwarding will continue to work, and an
individual may e-mail <tt>core@FreeBSD.org</tt> to update mail
forwarding settings. The committer's files may or may not be
preserved at the &os; Core Team's discretion. A suspended account
will be reactivated if any of a committer's commit bits are
restored.</p>
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