[RFC 0071] Retired Committers Amendment (#71)

Co-authored-by: Jörg Thalheim <[email protected]>

rfcs/0071-retired-committers-amendment.md

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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
+---
+
+# 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