Hi Steve > 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 Nope. The extent to which the rationale for blocking Vasil as a maintainer applies or doesn't apply to ryanofsky (or future potential maintainers) isn't discussed. From now on the precedent is proposed maintainers can be blocked for unknown and/or potentially inconsistent reasons by the existing maintainers. Thanks Michael -- Michael Folkson Email: michaelfolkson at [protonmail.com](http://protonmail.com/) GPG: A2CF5D71603C92010659818D2A75D601B23FEE0F Learn about Bitcoin: https://www.youtube.com/@portofbitcoin ------- Original Message ------- On Wednesday, May 10th, 2023 at 03:44, Steve Lee via bitcoin-dev wrote: > 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 wrote: > >> On Sun, May 7, 2023 at 12:36 PM David A. Harding via bitcoin-dev 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