Recent threads have demonstrated there seems to be some disconnect about
what is expected about maintainership and ownership of repositories.
This has spilled over into talk about the code of conduct, IMHO
specifically because some people are trying to avoid being bound by it or
protesting its existence by looking for loopholes to avoid it. Which I
think is a shame, but I don't expect much constructive talk to come out of
that thread.
I think we should though clarify that code repositories on gerrit and
diffusion are not owned by any one person, but are technical community
spaces held in common for the benefit of the Wikimedia movement. And yes,
that means sometimes your favorite project will get documentation commits
you personally didn't like.
If this has been unclear, it should be made clear. If that means some
people host their self-maintained code outside of Wikimedia technical
spaces, then that is their decision and I respect it.
If some kind of official kerfluffle is needed to decide this, let's talk
about how to do that.
-- brion