Re: Maintainer policy for GDB

Jim Blandy
2005-11-21T07:52:14Z

On 11/19/05, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
> > From: Jim Blandy <jimb@red-bean.com>
> > But I don't think it's a good idea to grant exclusive authority as a
> > reward for accepting responsibility. I think contributors should earn
> > authority informally, through their contributions and their
> > participation in discussions. If you work steadily, explain yourself
> > well, and are easy to work with, then your words will carry weight
> > that no set of rules could give them. That is the sort of "position"
> > that we should offer our contributors to aspire to.
>
> Then why not give them the responsibility at the same time as we grant
> the authority, and through the same informal process? Under the
> proposed rules, nothing is lost by not having responsible maintainers,
> anyway.

I don't understand this. Could you spell it out for me, as you would
for a young child?
(Sincere request, no sarcasm.)