Next Steps for the Caddy Project Maintainership
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- #maintenance
- #community
- #open-source
- Caddy project is transitioning to a more community-driven model to reduce the bottleneck caused by a single maintainer.
- The maintainer team will now have tag and release privileges to help scale the project better.
- Forum and GitHub activity has increased significantly, making it difficult for one person to manage all notifications and issues.
- The complexity of issues and feature requests has grown, requiring more specialized knowledge and time to address.
- The project aims to increase its bus factor by expanding the maintainer and collaborator teams.
- Contributors who consistently provide valuable input will be invited to join the maintainer or collaborator teams.
- The original maintainer will step back from daily notifications to focus on tasks only they can perform, improving their mental health and family life.
- Sponsors are acknowledged for their crucial role in sustaining the project over the years.