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[RFC 0071] Retired Committers Amendment (#71)

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Co-authored-by: Jörg Thalheim <Mic92@users.noreply.github.com>
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feature: retired-committers-amendment
start-date: 2020-07-09
author: worldofpeace
co-authors: Graham Christensen (@grahamc), Jan Tojnar (@jtojnar)
shepherd-team: @lheckemann, @tilpner, @alyssais
shepherd-leader: @tilpner
related-issues: 0055
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# Summary
[summary]: #summary
This detail from the original RFC is being changed
> Previous committers are moved to a new Nixpkgs Committers Emeritus team, to honor their past contributions. Members of this team will remain in the GitHub organisation, and may regain push access at a later time.
>
We are going to rename the Nixpkgs Committers Emeritus Team to Retired Nixpkgs Contributors Team. This seems most appropriate since it was actually the title of the original RFC.
# Motivation
[motivation]: #motivation
Emeritus is a singular adjective so using it for team members is incorrect:
> Alumna (emerita) is singular female.
Jane is an alumna. Jane is an emerita.
>
> Alumnus (emeritus) is singular male.
John is an alumnus. John is an emeritus.
>
> Alumnae (emeritae) is plural female.
Jane and Mary are alumnae. Jane and Mary are emeritae.
>
> Alumni (emeriti) is plural male and plural when both men and women are included.
John, Jane and Mary are alumni. John, Jane and Mary are emeriti.
> https://wmich.edu/writing/rules/alumni
Additionally, it isn't a very accessible word in English, so I believe "Retired" would just be fine.
# Detailed design
[design]: #detailed-design
@Mic92 or any GitHub admin that is privileged can change the team name to "Retired Nixpkgs Contributors".
# Examples and Interactions
[examples-and-interactions]: #examples-and-interactions
n/a
# Drawbacks
[drawbacks]: #drawbacks
None that I am aware of.
# Alternatives
[alternatives]: #alternatives
n/a
# Unresolved questions
[unresolved]: #unresolved-questions
n/a
# Future work
[future]: #future-work
n/a