Re: [mat-dev] Maintainership for MAT

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Author: Christian Pietsch
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Subject: Re: [mat-dev] Maintainership for MAT
On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 01:09:35PM +0100, intrigeri wrote:
> > I believe everyone would feel better if the new maintainer of this
> > project first submitted a patch or two to the interim maintainer
> > (Julien).
>
> I think that Julien made it very clear he is not in a position to be
> the maintainer anymore, so I don't think this can work as-is.


I was referring to you, intrigeri, as the interim maintainer,
forgetting that the correct word is “gatekeeper”.

> But I see great value in your proposal, in that there can be a trust
> building process. I volunteer to be the gatekeeper for a while, i.e.:
>
>  * Dennis starts acting as the maintainer today. This includes
>    preparing releases and web site updates. The only things he can't
>    do yet by himself is signing releases, and pushing changes to the
>    code or to the website directly.

>
>  * I merge changes authored by other contributors, once Dennis has
>    reviewed and approved them. I also merge changes authored by
>    Dennis, after someone else has reviewed it (I'd rather not be this
>    "someone else" so I'll leave room for others to chime in).
>    Of course, in both cases I'll still have a quick look at the diff
>    before merging.

>
> * I will *not* do any maintenance work myself.
>
> What do you all think? (This obviously needs Julien's approval, but
> I'd like to hear from other people as well :)


Sounds like a plan!

> > I would love to see a patch that brings back PDF support, […]
>
> I'd rather have this discussion on the relevant ticket:
>
>    https://0xacab.org/mat/mat/issues/11067


OK.

Thanks to both of you for moving things forward!
C:

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