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Add policy for maintainer takeover of stale PRs#159

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Add policy for maintainer takeover of stale PRs#159
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Adds a section to the contributing guide outlining the process for maintainers to take over stale pull requests. This ensures valuable contributions are not lost when an author becomes unresponsive, while preserving original author credit and providing transparency on modifications, as discussed at the 2026 containerd Maintainer Summit.

Assisted-by: Antigravity

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Adds a section to the contributing guide outlining the process for
maintainers to take over stale pull requests. This ensures valuable
contributions are not lost when an author becomes unresponsive, while
preserving original author credit and providing transparency on
modifications, as discussed at the 2026 containerd Maintainer Summit.

Assisted-by: Antigravity
Signed-off-by: Chris Henzie <chrishenzie@gmail.com>
@chrishenzie chrishenzie force-pushed the maintainer-takeover-policy branch from fe56f73 to 3088529 Compare April 28, 2026 15:54
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