The basic principle is that decisions are based on consensus. If this decision-making process takes too long or a decision is required, the maintainers have the authority to make a decision.
Maintainers are responsible for maintaining parts of the code-base. Maintainers have the following responsibilities
- Coordinate development activity
- Make sure code/documentation reviews are being done
- Coordinate pull-requests
- Coordinate bug follow-ups
- Coordinate questions
- In case of long discussions or arguments, maintainers or other can request a community council decision.
The current maintainers of this project are:
- Guillaume Roger
Any community member or Contributor can ask a question or raise an issue to the maintainers by logging a GitHub issue.
Contributors include anyone in the technical community that contributes code, documentation, or other technical artifacts to the project.
Anyone can become a contributor. There is no expectation of commitment to the project, no specific skill requirements and no selection process. To become a contributor, a community member simply has to perform one or more actions that are beneficial to the project.