What are the criteria for becoming a maria-captain?

The responsibilities of a MariaDB captain are:

• Develop and take care of the MariaDB project.
• Fix bugs in the code that you have developed or have responsibility of.
• Review code and answer questions about MariaDB submitted to the mariadb-developers list.
• Work actively to create a better MariaDB experience together with the other maria-captains.

The main criteria for becoming a MariaDB captain are:

• Follow the guidelines for MariaDB developers, being exemplary in how you do so.
• Discuss and seek consensus for code that is submitted for approval.
• Have a good understanding of the MariaDB code so that you can perform thoughtful reviews.
• Understand when it's OK to push into the MariaDB tree. This is partly subjective.
• Have the trust of the other MariaDB captains. We strive for a technocracy, and not a clique.

You don't have to work at Monty Program Ab to become a maria-captain! MariaDB is an open source project and participation is available for anyone.

When you think you are ready, you can approach one of the MariaDB captains and ask him/her to request the other MariaDB captains for considering you to be a MariaDB captain. The captains will vote for your approval/disapproval and you will be informed about the result.