Re: A "cosmetic changes" commit that removes security fixes

[Arun Isaac <arunisaac@systemreboot.net>]

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Hi everyone,

This decision aside, I share some of the general concerns raised by
Pierre about core maintainership and the behind closed doors decision
making process.

> Being a core committer is *not* a badge of honour. It does not give
> special privileges beyond what is expected. It does not give you
> money, a degree or a knighthood. It only allows you to push code
> directly where it interferes with the work of others :)

We may like to imagine that being a core maintainer is not a badge of
honor, but in reality, it *is* a badge of honor. A core maintainer is
not just a regular participant any more than the President is just a
public servant. If core maintainership is not to be associated with
power and honor, we should put in place processes to achieve that. In
that regard, Guix has done better than most other free software
projects. For example, we don't assign people as maintainers (or owners)
of specific packages or groups of packages like other distributions
have. Still, I'm sure there's more we can do.

Cheers!
Arun

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