# Trino and the BDFL model: a renewed focus

DevFeed: [Trino and the BDFL model: a renewed focus](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/trino-and-the-bdfl-model-a-renewed-focus-8712.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://trino.io/blog/2023/04/06/trino-bdfl-focus.html>)

Author: Martin Traverso, Dain Sundstrom, David Phillips

Published: 2023-04-06T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Trino Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/trino-blog.md>)

Topics: [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [Linux](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/linux.md>), [Python](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/python.md>), [Ruby](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ruby.md>), [Rust](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/rust.md>), [Scala](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/scala.md>)

Tags: [community](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/community.md>), [contributors](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/contributors.md>), [history](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/history.md>), [leadership](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/leadership.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>)

## AI overview

Trino is making its BDFL governance model more explicit to clarify leadership roles, decision-making, and the operating model for contributors and users. The article explains that this is not a functional change but a renewed focus prompted by the project's maturity and community size.

## Source excerpt

For those who are paying close attention, you may notice updates to a few pages across the Trino website with a renewed focus on leadership roles in Trino. This is part of an effort to re-focus and make the operating model more transparent both for contributors and for end users. While this is not a functional change, this does involve clarifying our roles following the BDFL (benevolent dictator for life) model.