Isn't this as simple as anyone (in particular Core project contributors) can express their view in this PR? https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/27604
On Mon, May 8, 2023 at 5:03 AM Bryan Bishop via bitcoin-dev < bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote: > On Sun, May 7, 2023 at 12:36 PM David A. Harding via bitcoin-dev < > bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote: > >> On 2023-05-06 21:03, Michael Folkson via bitcoin-dev wrote: >> > Essentially my concern is going forward current maintainers will >> > decide which proposed new maintainers to add and which to block. >> >> This is how a large percentage of organizations are run. The current >> members of a board or other governance group choose who will become a >> new board member. >> > > Yes but it's unrelated to what Bitcoin Core is-- a volunteer project of > independent contributors merging different pull requests or patches. The > github controls are merely because that is how github works. There is also > a secondary issue of people tending to confuse Bitcoin Core with the > bitcoin protocol in general: > https://blog.lopp.net/who-controls-bitcoin-core/ > https://medium.com/@bergealex4/the-tao-of-bitcoin-development-ff093c6155cd > > https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/a-primer-on-bitcoin-governance-or-why-developers-aren-t-in-charge-of-the-protocol-1473270427 > > - Bryan > https://twitter.com/kanzure > _______________________________________________ > bitcoin-dev mailing list > bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org > https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev >
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