Re: [PR PATCH] [Updated] [RFC] CONTRIBUTING.md: describe adoption/orphaning policy and procedure

[classabbyamp <classabbyamp@users.noreply.github.com>]

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There is an updated pull request by classabbyamp against master on the void-packages repository

https://github.com/classabbyamp/void-packages contrib-adopt
https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/pull/45207

[RFC] CONTRIBUTING.md: describe adoption/orphaning policy and procedure
I think it would be good to codify some of this. Open to suggestions on everything.

@void-linux/pkg-committers 

A patch file from https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/pull/45207.patch is attached

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From 3cefb41109c8f6b217c15f7a6c7c6d35cb2ef931 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: classabbyamp <void@placeviolette.net>
Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2023 11:03:01 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] CONTRIBUTING.md: describe adoption/orphaning policy and
 procedure

---
 CONTRIBUTING.md | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index a8f58bbb37445..166b6c3fa1bf2 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -82,6 +82,29 @@ The checksum can be updated automatically with the `xgensum` helper from the [xt
 
     $ xgensum -i <pkgname>
 
+### Adopting a template
+
+If a template is orphaned (maintained by `orphan@voidlinux.org`) or the current `maintainer` has not contributed to
+Void in over a year, template maintainership can be adopted by someone else. To ensure a template gets the care it needs,
+template adopters should be familiar with the package and have an established history of contributions to Void.
+Those who have contributed several updates, especially for the template in question, are good candidates for template
+maintainership.
+
+It is best to adopt a template when making another change to it. When adopting the template, add your name or username
+and email to the `maintainer` field in the template, and mention the adoption in your commit message, for example:
+
+    libfoo: update to 1.2.3, adopt.
+
+### Orphaning a template
+
+If you no longer wish to maintain a template, you can remove yourself as maintainer by setting the `maintainer` field in
+the template to `Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>`. The commit message should mention this, for example:
+
+    libfoo: orphan.
+
+It is not necessary to make other changes to the template when orphaning, and incrementing the revision (triggering a
+rebuild) is not necessary.
+
 ### Committing your changes
 
 After making your changes, please check that the package builds successfully. From the top level directory of your local copy of the `void-packages` repository, run: