2024.03.05 08:36 "Re: [Tiff] Proposition for the creation of a libtiff project steering committee", by Andreas Romeyke

Hi,

In principle there is nothing wrong with the introduction of a PSC.

However, the question of how it is organized and what problems it is intended to help solve should be clarified beforehand.

One advantage of the PSC is that difficult decisions are made on behalf on the group, which avoids them to be borne by individuals. Having a PSC doesn't obviously exclude trying to reach consensus among the broader community. Not everything needs to be formally discussed and voted. Normal bug-fixing or "small" new features can be dealt in merge requests as usual, and don't require email traffic. But removing tools or functionality, break of backward compatibility, or significant addition of new functionality are topics for discussion and formal votes.

But here it shouldn't just be an attempt to reach a consensus; it should always be the first method of choice.

Basically, I believe that a PSC can be used to modernize libtiff carefully and in small steps.

My 2 cents as a simple user,

Best regards

Andreas

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