From: "François Pinard" <pinard@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Offer for taking over maintainership
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:07:49 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <86621uanfu.fsf@iro.umontreal.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87obfnjlok.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> (Bastien's message of "Thu, 14 Feb 2013 08:37:49 +0100")
Bastien <bzg@altern.org> writes:
> Actually, one of the reasons I want to step down in the long run is
> that I'm a bit frustrated of not having time enough to focus on big
> new features. But the flow of new users and new contributors is
> rewarding enough so that maintaining Org keeps being fun :)
A good maintainer, in my opinion, does not necessarily have to be the
main contributor in term of code or features. I more expecting him (or
her) to have good judgment and take "equilibrated" decisions, meant to
protect the overall spirit of a project and to nudge it in a sound
direction. And of course, to have high human and communication skills.
A maintainer who always says "yes!" and consider himself (or herself) as
nothing more than a "committer" of service is likely to soon drive a
project into a drab status. Behind anything nice, software included,
there needs to be an artist and a mind, much more than a committee. And
almost always, an artwork never fully pleases everybody.
François
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-02-14 16:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 50+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-02-13 18:08 Offer for taking over maintainership Jambunathan K
2013-02-13 19:01 ` Jambunathan K
2013-02-13 20:45 ` John Wiegley
2013-02-13 21:31 ` Allen S. Rout
2013-02-13 21:41 ` Russell Adams
2013-02-14 0:11 ` Scott Randby
2013-02-14 9:09 ` Jambunathan K
2013-02-13 22:03 ` Charles Philip Chan
2013-02-13 22:11 ` Yagnesh Raghava Yakkala
2013-02-14 8:55 ` Jambunathan K
2013-02-14 9:53 ` Bastien
2013-02-14 9:55 ` Jambunathan K
2013-02-14 9:59 ` Bastien
2013-02-14 10:25 ` Jambunathan K
2013-02-13 22:18 ` Bastien
2013-02-14 9:18 ` Jambunathan K
2013-02-14 9:38 ` Jambunathan K
2013-02-14 9:54 ` Glyn Millington
2013-02-14 10:35 ` Jambunathan K
2013-02-14 0:06 ` François Pinard
2013-02-14 8:38 ` Ramon Diaz-Uriarte
2013-02-14 10:37 ` Jambunathan K
2013-02-14 16:31 ` François Pinard
2013-02-14 23:28 ` Carsten Dominik
2013-02-15 3:23 ` Jambunathan K
2013-02-15 4:11 ` Jambunathan K
2013-02-14 1:12 ` Takaaki ISHIKAWA
[not found] ` <CAJcAo8ueOp8dDBwq+bEufZJ1kSZLpVxY36L7eKUt4QDwRH98zQ@mail.gmail.com>
2013-02-14 1:40 ` Fwd: " Samuel Wales
2013-02-14 9:22 ` Jambunathan K
2013-02-14 1:16 ` Jonathan Leech-Pepin
2013-02-14 6:36 ` Jambunathan K
2013-02-14 6:45 ` Jambunathan K
2013-02-14 9:22 ` Rainer M Krug
2013-02-14 9:50 ` Jambunathan K
2013-02-14 9:53 ` Rainer M Krug
2013-02-14 7:37 ` Bastien
2013-02-14 10:12 ` Jambunathan K
2013-02-14 10:54 ` Jambunathan K
2013-02-14 16:07 ` François Pinard [this message]
2013-02-14 7:59 ` David Rogers
2013-02-14 10:40 ` Nicolas Richard
2013-02-14 11:37 ` Jambunathan K
2013-02-14 11:41 ` Jambunathan K
2013-02-14 11:57 ` Detlef Steuer
2013-02-14 13:26 ` Julian Burgos
2013-02-14 13:39 ` Jambunathan K
2013-02-14 11:54 ` Jambunathan K
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2013-02-14 15:36 Jose E. Marchesi
2013-02-14 15:41 ` Allen S. Rout
2013-02-14 17:38 ` Jambunathan K
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