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Bridgelet Governance

This document outlines how the Bridgelet project is governed, how decisions are made, and how contributors can participate in shaping its future.

Bridgelet is an open-source project built with transparency, inclusivity, and long-term sustainability in mind. Governance processes may evolve as the project grows.

1. Governance Structure

Bridgelet follows a maintainer-led governance model with open community participation.

Maintainers

Maintainers are responsible for:

  • Reviewing and merging pull requests
  • Managing releases
  • Defining roadmap priorities
  • Ensuring code quality and security
  • Guiding the overall technical direction of the project

Maintainers act in the best interest of the project and its community.

2. Contributor Levels

Bridgelet recognizes different levels of contribution and responsibility.

Contributor

Anyone who:

  • Submits issues
  • Proposes ideas
  • Reports bugs
  • Submits pull requests
  • Improves documentation

All contributors are welcome and encouraged to participate.

Committer

A contributor who has demonstrated consistent, high-quality contributions and may be granted direct commit access to the repository.

Committers are expected to:

  • Follow project standards
  • Review smaller contributions
  • Uphold code quality and documentation practices

Maintainer

A trusted contributor responsible for overseeing major decisions and repository management.

Maintainers:

  • Approve or reject significant changes
  • Resolve conflicts
  • Coordinate releases
  • Guide governance discussions

3. Becoming a Maintainer

Maintainers are selected based on:

  • Consistent and meaningful contributions
  • Technical expertise
  • Demonstrated alignment with the project's vision
  • Professional conduct and collaborative behavior

Promotion to maintainer status is decided by existing maintainers through discussion and consensus.

There is no fixed timeline for promotion; it is merit-based.

4. Decision-Making Process

Proposals

Proposals for changes should be made through:

  • GitHub Issues (for discussion)
  • Pull Requests (for implementation)

For significant architectural or governance changes, contributors are encouraged to open an issue first to gather feedback before submitting code.

Approval Process

  • Minor changes may be approved by a maintainer.
  • Major changes require discussion and general agreement among maintainers.
  • Security-sensitive or architectural changes require careful review before merging.

Bridgelet primarily uses consensus-based decision-making rather than formal voting.

Roadmap Prioritization

Roadmap priorities are determined based on:

  • Project vision and long-term sustainability
  • Community feedback
  • Security considerations
  • Ecosystem alignment (e.g., Stellar and Soroban updates)

Maintainers retain final discretion over roadmap direction.

5. Project Operations

Release Management

Releases are coordinated by maintainers and may include:

  • Bug fixes
  • Performance improvements
  • Documentation updates
  • Feature additions

Release cadence may vary depending on project activity.

Conflict Resolution

Bridgelet promotes respectful and constructive communication.

In the event of conflict:

  1. Parties are encouraged to discuss concerns openly in issues or pull requests.
  2. Maintainers may mediate discussions if necessary.
  3. If consensus cannot be reached, maintainers will make a final decision in the best interest of the project.

Harassment, discrimination, or toxic behavior will not be tolerated.

Communication Channels

Project communication primarily occurs through:

  • GitHub Issues
  • GitHub Pull Requests
  • Repository Discussions (if enabled)

Additional community channels may be introduced as the project grows.

Meeting Cadence

Bridgelet does not currently operate on a formal meeting schedule.

As the project scales, structured governance meetings or community calls may be introduced.

6. Transparency and Evolution

Governance processes are designed to evolve.

As Bridgelet grows:

  • Roles may become more structured
  • Voting mechanisms may be introduced
  • Formal improvement proposals may be adopted

All governance changes will be documented and made publicly accessible.

7. Guiding Principles

Bridgelet governance is guided by:

  • Transparency
  • Security-first decision-making
  • Inclusivity
  • Long-term sustainability
  • Respectful collaboration

The goal is to create an ecosystem that supports secure blockchain onboarding while remaining open and community-driven.

This document may be updated as governance processes mature.