[Dbix-class] A slightly more concrete proposal

[Dave Cross]

Quoting David Precious <davidp at preshweb.co.uk>:

> I haven't waded in on this so far, as I consider others with direct
> involvement with the project to have far more weight in their opinions
> on that matter, but just for the record:
>
> On Tue, 4 Oct 2016 20:17:08 +0000 Matt S Trout <mst at shadowcat.co.uk>
> wrote:
>> 1) I think at this point we should formalise a core team. The BDFL
>> model was nice while it lasted, but I don't think it's tenable going
>> forwards.
>>
>> My first thought for composition would be a five-person team, and
>> assuming everybody agrees to it,that being Ilmari, Castaway (Jess
>> Robinson), Frew, myself, and whoever riba was planning to pass the
>> first-come bits to.
>>
>> That seems like it should be a nice combination of continuity and
>> ensuring that riba's fears we'll be insufficiently conservative being
>> given a voice.
>
> I support this.
>
> In particular, I disagree with Riba's idea of removing all existing
> co-maints (people who've been given co-maint precisely because they can
> be trusted to act in the best interests of the project) and entirely
> hand over the reins to an as-yet-unknown person.  Whilst I trust that
> Riba would select someone appropriate for the role, I think DBIC is too
> important to the Perl ecosystem to be solely controlled by one person.
>
> Matt, you've put a lot of work into the project in the past, along with
> a lot of guidance, and your focus on avoiding potential for data loss
> is exactly what is needed, so I'd personally certainly want to see you
> remain involved in the project as long as you're willing to be.
>
> The others you named as potential core team members are all sensible
> choices too, I think.
>
> Also, since I'm posting my opinion, I'd just like to say to Riba,
> whatever my opinion of your handover plans, a big thank you for all
> your hard work on DBIx::Class - the community owes you gratitude.

This nicely sums up my thoughts on Matt's proposal too.

+1

Dave...