Please come back :D
On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 6:09 PM Michael Powell <mwpowellhtx@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Generally, in favor.
You know my opinion re: "governance" models; I agree more with liberty
than slavery style models. By all means, lead by example, embrace
contributions.
My two cents, just make it about whether you want to or not; it's up
to you, and stick to it, either way. Folks smell weakness and will not
respect it, otherwise.
Godspeed.
On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 3:59 PM, Garrett D'Amore <garrett@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
The nanomsg project has been fairly leaderless since I stepped down backin
early January.even
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
reviewing contributions that I can tell.I
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
were to do this, it would be as a benevolent (hopefully) dictator forlife.
That is, I am not interested in trying to lead or govern this project bylegal
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
limitations. (Notably legally I cannot relicense the project — nor do Istand my
have any interest in doing so. So the freedom to fork if you can’t
leadership would remain.)I’ve
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.
gotten some indications in support of me doing this in other fora, and atto
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
my taking this step, then I’ll decline to take the reins. I don’t wantto
be an unwelcome leader — I don’t love this project *that* much. So ifyou
are violently opposed (or in favor) please speak up. Once I *do* takethe
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
