Governance#

Project Structure#

Ant is currently maintained as a single-maintainer open source project.

Maintainer#

themackabu@gmail.com:

• Final decision authority on project direction
• Merge rights for all contributions
• Release management

Decision Making#

Day-to-day Decisions#

• Bug fixes and minor improvements are merged at maintainer discretion
• Feature requests are discussed in GitHub issues

Significant Changes#

For major changes (new modules, API changes, architectural decisions):

1. Open an issue or discussion for community input
2. Allow reasonable time for feedback
3. Maintainer makes final decision

Contributions#

All contributors are welcome. See CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.

Becoming a Maintainer#

As the project grows, additional maintainers may be added based on:

• Consistent, quality contributions
• Understanding of project goals and codebase
• Demonstrated good judgment
• Alignment with project values

Releases#

• Releases are made at maintainer discretion
• Semantic versioning is followed where practical
• Breaking changes are documented in release notes

Code of Conduct#

All participants are expected to follow the Code of Conduct.

Changes to Governance#

This governance model may evolve as the project and community grow. Changes will be documented in this file.