Re: Thoughts on removing access to the Python teams repositories to inactive members ?

Soren Stoutner <[email protected]> Mon, 12 Jan 2026 10:23:02 -0700

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On Monday, January 12, 2026 10:11:57 AM Mountain Standard Time Louis-Philippe 
Véronneau wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> 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 :)
> 
> That's great, but of course, the more people have access to the
> repositories, the more potential for abuse.
> 
> 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.
> 
> I think a 3 years cutoff is fair? A quick look on Salsa lists around 75
> accounts that would meet that criteria.
> 
> 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 
names to be removed to the mailing list and allowing anyone on the list a week 
or so to respond describing their desires to continue as a member of the team 
before removal.

-- 
Soren Stoutner
[email protected]

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