I don't understand why the steering committee needs to decide whether a package can be retired for "Security Reasons" but not for "No Time or Desire." Was this part of the policy change not discussed in a meeting or did I just miss it?

FTR, I'm +1 to retiring this

I don't understand why the steering committee needs to decide whether a package can be retired for "Security Reasons" but not for "No Time or Desire." Was this part of the policy change not discussed in a meeting or did I just miss it?

I think you are right, I think this part got skipped in the discussion. I think other things have slowed down enough that it would be a good time to discuss it this week.

I'm also +1 for retiring it.

We discussed this in the EPEL Steering Committee.
First off, we all wanted to thank you for following the policy.
Second, we all approved this.
and Third, we are re-writting the policy so that you don't have to get approval from the council. You will need to send an email like you did, and give a week for feedback and questions. But you won't need the councils approval.

First off, we all wanted to thank you for following the policy.

No problem at all!

Second, we all approved this.

Thanks for discussing it - I'll get on with the rest of the retirement process.

Meeting logs: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2022-12-07/epel.2022-12-07-21.00.log.html