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Since you're here, "abarth", it took me several clicks to get to the OWNERS file and all I saw was a list of email addresses. Calling that "governance" is... could we at least get some names and maybe brief bios on these people?



The OWNERS file is typically used, sometimes by automated tooling, to answer the "who should I ask to code review these changes?" question.

https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/HEAD/docs/c...

https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/github/creat...

https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/code_owners.html

It's not meant to be a place for developer bios. If for no other reason than one developer could appear in many OWNERS files scattered throughout a repo, or in multiple repos, and keeping the bio current across all of them would be a nightmare.


Let me add some context. I was looking at the governance links on the site and found https://fuchsia.dev/fuchsia-src/contribute/governance/eng_co... which at the bottom simply says "The current members of the Fuchsia Eng Council are listed in this OWNERS file." I think it would improve the transparency/accountability of the project to have more than a list of email addresses here.


Probably not in the OWNERS file though, as it’s a machine-consumable file, heavy used inside and outside google for automation.


I understand where you're coming from, but that ends up being an inclusion issue in the project. I'm comfortable having my name and bio "out there" on the Internet, but I recognize that's a privilege. Not everyone who contributes to the project will be comfortable doing that.


The Eng Council is 5 people in a position of governance, not everyone who contributes.


Ah, I didn't realize the comment above was about the Eng Council. I'll raise the issue at our next meeting. Thanks!




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