+1 binding Great addition to the graduated suite of CNCF projects!

Not trying to create a fallacy - apologies - these threads seem to be glamorizing steering committees more and more - and I just wanted to advocate that not every project needs one. -- Kris

+1 to Josh Speaking as a Falco maintainer here, our community just re-vamped our model for how we manage sub projects, official support, and decision making in the open. All of these seem like they

Thanks for bringing this up Stephen. I would suggest that the structure (which includes SC or not) can't fix problems that may be cultural. For example, knowing ones audience is important. Taking the

Agree. The underlying issues are set out here https://docs.google.com/document/d/11Hiz1dGYRS7GcjedpRVnSlDjIj0AVjeTa0-Td7aW-Lk/edit?usp=drivesdk

I think we can all agree that there is no one way to do open source, and that every project has different needs. I do echo Kris' comment about CNCF having an opinion on how projects govern. It seems

> We have to recognize that if we make an SC an alternative for other governance requirements, that will result in an SC being imposed on a few projects where the contributors otherwise don't want

Nobody is suggesting imposing anything. That suggestion is a red herring.

(+ SIG ContribStrat) I could see the overarching theme as "distilling what it could mean to be a 'good maintainer'". SIG Contributor Strategy is exactly the kind of venue to have this discussion and

Agree that SC should (if suggested) remain a known good option, and Not Compulsory. Agree that some projects are "small" - but i would have said Helm is small! My belief is that SCs can help growth.

And for large projects like Helm, an SC has these benefits. Just like Kubernetes. But in smaller projects, where you're looking at a couple dozen regular contributors period, there's not a lot o

I think you are creating a strawman argument. We are not substituting one form of governance for another. The issue is how SCs can add value eg direction, participation, and user confidence that

Then pick a better example of a steering committee. I don't know of a single example of a steering committee successfully evolving otherwise broken leadership within a project. Maybe you do? I've

Josh, please disentangle your feelings about istio from the constructive discussion i can see you want to have.

Others have already gone over the issue of having positions and contributions accrue to companies and not individuals. Second, there's the fact that the 3 biggest corporate contributors get 100% of

I see - well good on them for getting a steering committee in that case! -- Kris Nova Chief Open Source Advocate 85 2nd Street San Francisco, CA 94105 nova@...

It isn't but it has aspects we can learn from (good and bad) as do other projects (eg apache kafka to name one). This thread is specifically about steering committees, and what they can help with

Excuse my ignorance here - but I thought Istio wasn't a CNCF project? Is there an official statement anywhere on where Istio landed? I am confused why I am seeing Istio threads like this if it's not a

Josh, feel free to highlight the negative aspects of Istio's history and governance on another thread. I may well join you. But please let's also give them credit for moving forward with

The Istio SC is a serious political problem, and the project has ongoing governance issues. Why would we want to emulate this with CNCF projects? An SC can be useful to a project that is large