On Thu, Feb 20, 2025 at 05:24:01PM +0100, Simona Vetter wrote: > Better analogy aside, I fundamentally disagree with understanding > maintainership as a gatekeeper role that exists to keep the chaos out. My > goal is to help build a community where people enjoy collaborating, and > then gtfo so I don't hinder them. I think the talk I linked above is > holding up quite well even years later, but the last part really embodies > that idea, so let me just quote that: > > Be a Steward, Not a Lord > > I think one of key advantages of open source is that people stick > around for a very long time. Even when they switch jobs or move > around. Maybe the usual “for life” qualifier isn’t really a great > choice, since it sounds more like a mandatory sentence than something > done by choice. What I object to is the “dictator” part, since if your > goal is to grow a great community and maybe reach world domination, > then you as the maintainer need to serve that community. And not that > the community serves you. +1 I agree and try, as best I can, to embody this. Jason
