Open Call for Maintainers!

[CompRhys]

Within the maintainers group we're currently looking for additional maintainers to join the team due to a mixture of contractual and time constraints meaning that the original maintenance team is not able to devote time to active feature development. The TorchSim Governance Document lays out the types of contributors we are happy to give maintenance permissions.

We will continue to engage with issues and merge submitted PRs in a timely manner so long as there is an active user base using and building upon TorchSim to do great work!

[lil-lon]

Hi, thanks for keeping TorchSim maintained, and for the quick reviews and merges on my PRs even when you've been busy.

I'm interested in becoming a maintainer. Alongside my own contributions, I'd like to start reviewing open PRs, starting with the backend integrations and MLIP model support, and others where I can.

Please let me know if there's anything in particular you'd like help with.

[CompRhys]

Excellent thanks for the offer let me send an email to the team and see if they're happy with this!

[lil-lon]

Thanks! If anything needs clarifying, I'm on the TorchSim Slack under my name, or you can reach me through the LinkedIn account on my GitHub profile.

[yxwu21]

Hi, thanks for keeping TorchSim maintained and for opening up this opportunity!

I'm very interested in becoming a maintainer. I'm currently a heavy user of TorchSim in my research projects, particularly for studying neural network potentials (NNPs) and their applications in molecular simulations. I've found TorchSim extremely useful and would love to contribute back to the project.

I have bandwidth to help with triaging issues, investigating and fixing bugs, reviewing PRs, and general maintenance. I'd also be happy to contribute to new feature development, especially if there's an existing roadmap or areas the team would like to prioritize.

I'd love to get more involved and help support the long-term development of TorchSim. Please let me know how I can best contribute!

[CompRhys]

thanks for the offer, because there is a lot of risk to the project in extending permissions for merging PRs we're not going to extend maintainer status to people who have not previously contributed on several occasions. That said there's nothing stopping you from contributing today with a view to potential maintainer status in the future based on sustained interest and involvement!