docs: update Contributing.md to clarify repo captain permissions #6357
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bjohansebas
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There is no section that specifies the inactivity period for a committer or captain, it's only mentioned for TC and triage. It might be a good idea to document it as well. |
bjohansebas
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| @@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ active member steps down. | |||
| The Express TC can designate captains for individual projects/repos in the | |||
| organizations. These captains are responsible for being the primary | |||
| day-to-day maintainers of the repo on a technical and community front. | |||
| Repo captains are empowered with repo ownership and package publication rights. | |||
| Repo captains are empowered with maintain access and package publication rights. | |||
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I understand that only the TCs can have admin rights, but when it comes to security reports, with maintainer rights, it is not possible to publish or review those reports on GitHub. There are quite a few limitations with those permissions.
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This came up in expressjs/discussions#326, to clarify a bit the permissions of captains.