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* [haskell.org](https://www.haskell.org/haskell-org-committee/) via CI and infrastructure
* [Haskell Foundation](https://haskell.foundation/affiliates/) via affiliation
## Project ownership and hierarchy
The project at the time of writing (2024-04-22) follows the model of
[benevolent dictator for life](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benevolent_dictator_for_life), which is
Julian Ospald at the moment.
Ideally, the ownership should be shared across a core team of collaborators sharing the same vision and
engagement in the future.
I do not believe in people making decisions over projects they are barely involved in. Instead I believe
in listening to end users needs very carefully and making decisions based on that. People who want a direct
influence on the decision process have to both demonstrate they share the vision of GHCup and do the actual
work.
"Work" here doesn't have to be "writing code". There are many ways to be engaged in a project.
### Transition plan in case of maintainer absence
In case the current maintainer of GHCup (Julian Ospald) is unreachable for a prolonged period of time (3 months),
the ownership of this project will be automatically transferred to the following individuals:
- [Moritz Angerman](https://github.com/angerman)
- [Andrew Lelechenko](https://github.com/Bodigrim)
They will be tasked with finding new maintainers in whatever way they see fit (be it appointing themselves or asking HF for help).
The appointed owners my choose to stay owners after the transition period (whether it's in a passive or active capacity) or
fully transfer ownership to someone else or an organization.
The community shall be informed about this process.
If not otherwise specified by the newly appointed owners, the following principles shall apply to the *transition period*:
#### During the transition period
During the transition period, no other individual or organization is allowed to drive changes to
[ghcup-hs](https://github.com/haskell/ghcup-hs) repository, unless they are explicitly allowed to do so by the appointed owners.
The following people (in addition to the owners) shall have full write access to the
[ghcup-metadata](https://github.com/haskell/ghcup-metadata) repository
(all files) for the length of the transition period, unless otherwise specified by the appointed owners:
- [Ben Gamari](https://github.com/bgamari)
- [Hécate Moonlight](https://github.com/Kleidukos)
- [Mike Pilgrem](https://github.com/mpilgrem)
- [Jens Petersen](https://github.com/juhp)
Contributions to the metadata are expected to follow a review process. If that turns out to be impractical due to lack of engagement, a wait
time of 2 days before merging shall be followed anyway, except for the `-vanilla` files, which may be merged at any time.
## How to help
* if you want to contribute code or documentation, check out the [issue tracker](https://github.com/haskell/ghcup-hs/issues) and the [Development guide](./dev.md)