From b733f4ab29cec07cf17e1fe6580c9d2f8a4362a0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Valentin Gagarin Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2023 01:12:39 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] maintainers: refine the mission statement phrasing setting a direction falls short of what we're already doing: guide contributors. the direction aspect is still important, as that is the authoritative part. guidance is the supportive part. --- maintainers/README.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/maintainers/README.md b/maintainers/README.md index 5be4f9d04..ee97c1195 100644 --- a/maintainers/README.md +++ b/maintainers/README.md @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ ## Motivation -The team's main responsibility is to set a direction for the development of Nix and ensure that the code is in good shape. +The team's main responsibility is to guide and direct the development of Nix and ensure that the code is in good shape. We aim to achieve this by improving the contributor experience and attracting more maintainers – that is, by helping other people contributing to Nix and eventually taking responsibility – in order to scale the development process to match users' needs.