From: Daniel Stenberg Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 08:33:58 +0000 (+0100) Subject: GOVERNANCE.md: Post-Daniel BDFL X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=5fac56a8b305263502440ecf7ea7f05b3a2cacea;p=thirdparty%2Fcurl.git GOVERNANCE.md: Post-Daniel BDFL Some words on what happens at the point in a future when Daniel steps away from the project Closes #20325 --- diff --git a/docs/GOVERNANCE.md b/docs/GOVERNANCE.md index 4ab52a9a01..0b0d226fcb 100644 --- a/docs/GOVERNANCE.md +++ b/docs/GOVERNANCE.md @@ -200,3 +200,18 @@ You need to have gotten a few quality patches merged as a proof of this. If you (appear to) not be active in the project anymore, you may be removed as a maintainer. Thank you for your service. + +# Post-Daniel BDFL + +At the point in a future when Daniel steps away from the project and stops +being the project lead, there is reason to reconsider how to keep driving the +project forward. Countries, companies and organizations have a single +president or CEO for a reason; having a single leader that responsibly can +take quick daily decisions is efficient. Without Daniel as BDFL, either +someone else needs to step up and become president, or the project needs to +adopt a council-driven process. Maybe both? Maybe vote a new project leader +for one year or a few years at a time? + +Deciding the replacement person and governance is a subject for the curl core +team to vote on. When that happens, this section of this document should also +get updated.