@mir I agree, if the #BDFL 'governance model' as it were, were well enough communicated so that everyone involved has the right expectations of the project.
Probably the best case study of where expectations clash, is the #Mastodon project. It can be very frustrating to see the "important" feature (to you) sit idle on the backlog for 5 year, or to see the maintainer rewrite your PR's rather than merge them directly.
Yet, while not communicated properly, Mastodon is clearly on a BDFL track.
https://social.coop/@smallcircles/113508040190616467
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I think the tension is that you built a public project, invited the public to partake, but somehow never meant the public to participate meaningfully (including governance).
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