Re: finally end single-person maintainership
On 17194 March 1977, Luca Boccassi wrote:
Simple packages need someone who is responsible and responsive for
them
in the long run and know there history much more than needing
sporadic
contributions.
...right up until the point where that "bus factor of 1" moves
on/changes priorities/changes job/etc and the package is abandoned.
Fortunately that never happens, though!
And interestingly, this does NOT need required team maintainance. It
does NOT need "package must be in git". It does NOT need "package must
be on salsa".
It "only" needs good procedures in taking over maintainership of
abandoned packages. And hey, for clearly abandoned packages, we have
that, and it works.
The problem is with people who are *not* clearly gone. Who are around
and block changes to "my package, my way, i ignore all outside wishes".
Or who are around and work against project wishes, in some way. And no
amount of "force a team on everyone" and no amount of "you must use
salsa" will solve this problem. While creating problems elsewhere.
--
bye, Joerg
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