Re: A summary of some open discussions

[Siddhesh Poyarekar]

On 16/01/20 11:03 pm, Mark Wielaard wrote:
> Of course it means something! You are the glibc release manager.
> Responsible for the next version of the core of the GNU system. Herding
> 50+ hackers, making sure they behave and keep to the agreed upon
> schedule and features. We just haven't documented what it means for you
> to have all that responsibility. Normally at this point you would
> already have been made a maintainer (in GNU terms, you are already in
> glibc terms). But glibc is so big that it already has 9 GNU maintainers
> (FSF project stewards in glibc terms). What needs to happen imho is
> either simply add you as yet another project steward (GNU maintainer)
> too, just to make you part of the official GNU project governance. Or
> the FSF/GNU should recognize more official positions for people with
> rights and responsibilities in the GNU project to make you feel more
> empowered.

Thank you for the kind words Mark.  I already feel empowered within the
glibc community.  I've had less of a stake in the GNU project as a whole
(other than the fact that the projects I deeply care about are part of
it) and while I would love to be more involved (for those reasons), the
current structure is not something that aligns with my perception of how
Free software should be governed.

Siddhesh