In favor, and thanks for coming back.
While I'm not in position to comment any technical choice regarding the
nanomsg library, or a potential rewrite, I can certainly say that Garrett's
involvement is helping a lot in making the nanomsg community a welcoming
place for new-joiners.
On Fri, 8 Apr 2016 at 22:00 Garrett D'Amore <garrett@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The nanomsg project has been fairly leaderless since I stepped down back
in early January.
I’d hoped that there would be signs of someone else stepping up into the
maintainership role, but that has not occurred. Nobody is merging or even
reviewing contributions that I can tell.
I’ve therefore stated (as of a day or two ago) that I would be — albeit
reluctantly — willing to step back into the leadership. To be clear, if I
were to do this, it would be as a benevolent (hopefully) dictator for
life. That is, I am not interested in trying to lead or govern this
project by consensus. I will listen to opinions, and I may ask for them,
but at the end of the day if I’m lead, then my decisions would be final,
within legal limitations. (Notably legally I cannot relicense the project
— nor do I have any interest in doing so. So the freedom to fork if you
can’t stand my leadership would remain.)
The reason I’m wiling to do this is *solely* because I don’t want to see
nanomsg whither and die. And yet, that seems to be where its headed. I’ve
gotten some indications in support of me doing this in other fora, and at
least one formerly active contributor has indicated that he might begin
contributing again under my leadership.
However, I will not take control of the project by fiat. In particular,
Dirkjan Ochtman needs to make a decision as he is the last person with
commit privileges to the github repo. Technically I still have admin
privileges, but I’d rather not act without his consent.
I’ll also state this — if there is a clear majority of opinions opposed to
my taking this step, then I’ll decline to take the reins. I don’t want to
be an unwelcome leader — I don’t love this project *that* much. So if you
are violently opposed (or in favor) please speak up. Once I *do* take the
reins, I won’t be very likely to give them up again.
That said, if I do *not* take the reins, then I suspect the most likely
future for nanomsg is to whither and die.
To be clear, if you support my action, you *are* supporting a BDFL, so be
sure that a dictator is really what you want. You’ve been warned.
- Garrett
