>>> [!note] Migrated issue <!-- Drupal.org comment --> <!-- Migrated from issue #2203331. --> Reported by: [mgifford](https://www.drupal.org/user/27930) >>> <p>I've heard many maintainers of modules complain about the difficulty of folks who apply for maintainer roles, are given that permission, commit the patches they care about and then loose interest in the module.</p> <p>I think it would be useful to differentiate the maintainer role. If there are more roles which a contributor can be granted then it may increase their sense responsibility for the project.</p> <p>It can also be useful to give an official role for the many tasks that are useful to maintain a module properly. Yes, you need someone who understands Drupal &amp; what the module does. It also really helps to have a solid documentation. </p> <p>Not all projects are all that complicated or active, but a lot of the critical modules that many of us use are and all of the responsibility falls on one or maybe two people (most of the time) who are the active maintainers of the code base. </p> <ul> <li>founder</li> <li>release maintainer</li> <li>issue queue maintainer (gardener / gnome)</li> <li>active code maintainer</li> <li>project manager</li> <li>documentation maintainer</li> <li>interim maintainer</li> <li>legacy maintainer (or D6 maintainer)</li> <li>new user mentor</li> </ul> <p>This isn't a final list, but having different roles could be useful. Right now there's mostly a list of general out-of-date information on how to be a co-maintainer:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://groups.drupal.org/co-maintainers-projects">https://groups.drupal.org/co-maintainers-projects</a></li> <li><a href="https://groups.drupal.org/node/11286">https://groups.drupal.org/node/11286</a></li> <li><a href="https://drupal.org/node/23789">https://drupal.org/node/23789</a></li> <li><a href="https://drupal.org/node/336260">https://drupal.org/node/336260</a></li> </ul> <p>The roles need to be tied to a clear list of expectations so that people know what is expected of them and what they are signing up to. </p> > Related issue: [Issue #2183157](https://www.drupal.org/node/2183157) > Related issue: [Issue #2198015](https://www.drupal.org/node/2198015) > Related issue: [Issue #2183125](https://www.drupal.org/node/2183125)