For context, Wuille says he’s just dropping his permissions as he isn’t doing much maintenance work anymore[1].
To be clear: I won't stop contributing to code, review, and all the projects I'm involved in. It just so happens I'm not doing much maintenance anymore, so it's time to drop my permissions.
He's not leaving Bitcoin as a developer. "Maintainer" is a more specific role in open source generally, and in Bitcoin specifically - you have special rights on the code repository, to push/merge new code to the 'main'/'master' branch and similar things.
We generally want at least "a few" maintainers, rather than just one, to avoid central points of failure. But we don't really want people to have that maintainer role, if they're not using it, since it's a security sensitive role.
For context, Wuille says he’s just dropping his permissions as he isn’t doing much maintenance work anymore[1].
https://twitter.com/pwuille/status/1545159642447335424 ↩
Nice and phew, glad he will continue to contribute
Sounds like a very respectable move.
This is a part of Bitcoin I am unfamiliar with. Does anyone have any metrics on the turnover rate of Core developers)
He's not leaving Bitcoin as a developer. "Maintainer" is a more specific role in open source generally, and in Bitcoin specifically - you have special rights on the code repository, to push/merge new code to the 'main'/'master' branch and similar things.
We generally want at least "a few" maintainers, rather than just one, to avoid central points of failure. But we don't really want people to have that maintainer role, if they're not using it, since it's a security sensitive role.
What has Nic Carter done?
really lol
お疲れ様でした。
The budget to make the movie on the life of a bitcoin core developer will be really small, as only a few people in indoor settings would be needed