From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?utf-8?Q?Fran=C3=A7ois_Pinard?= Subject: Re: Offer for taking over maintainership Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:07:49 -0500 Message-ID: <86621uanfu.fsf@iro.umontreal.ca> References: <878v6s13yo.fsf@gmail.com> <87obfnjlok.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:39691) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U61Ln-0005Ut-SV for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:08:02 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U61Lj-0001XA-5E for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:07:55 -0500 Received: from bureau.ubity.com ([64.254.249.42]:54937 helo=mercure.bureau.ubity.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U61Lj-0001X2-1c for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:07:51 -0500 In-Reply-To: <87obfnjlok.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> (Bastien's message of "Thu, 14 Feb 2013 08:37:49 +0100") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Bastien 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. Fran=C3=A7ois