So to keep this from becoming yet another copy of a previous thread in the archive, here's the thing: someone has to step up and say, "I am going to maintain 'core Pd'." That would mean listening to the needs of the community, reviewing patches, and _delegating_ responsibilities.

Yes! I really hope someone takes on the challenge. Perhaps we can crowd fund/donate/whatever some of the initial work?

IMO, Pd was such a great invention that it managed to stay rolling all these years despite of the lack of a clear path for contributors and a common upstream but the inertia is dying off now as this thread explains. It's been fascinating for me to see what has happened with OpenFrameworks and their "Do it with others" philosophy. It would be great if the Pd community would migrate into something similar.

Optimistically,

Rafael.