Justin, this is a hit piece on Andre. Lots of quibbling over word choice and reading his actions as poorly as possible. Are you assuming good faith in his actions?
Looking at the last three links, here’s how I would characterize them:
1. A reasonable conversation on committer vs maintainer.
2. The linked commit is old and does not reflect reality or policy today.
3. Removing inactive contributors is normal, companies don’t keep ex-employees on their /about page.
https://mastodon.social/@searls/115282174363254250
Mike Perham :sidekiq:
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