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> From: "John Wiegley" <johnw@newartisans.com>
> Date: Sat, 03 Oct 2015 11:59:12 -0700
> 
> I think real leadership means having a head maintainer, and a
> supporting co-maintainer, so that the head can always have final
> decision on matters relating to direction.

How would such an arrangement differ from having just that head as a
single maintainer?  What can the co-maintainer do that the rest of us
cannot?