MergeRepublic: A New Take on FOSS Collaboration and Governance

Hey there, I've been privately toying for some times with the idea of repository governance that would based around some democratic principles, and I've finally put up the time to get to something that works, and looks like it could be extended easily.

As you can see the code is succint, yet it runs, on a free GitLab account, so I guess the proof is in the pudding as they say. We're open to adding new voters, or "Governauts" as we call them, and the goal would utimately be to have a 100% automated governance system, with no human maintainers at all.

I hope some of you find this interesting, fun, or thought provoking.

Happy hacking!

PS: In case you are unfamiliar with GitLab but still want to fork the project, LMK so that I can share what behind-the-scene configuration is needed (not that much: access tokens, a CI schedule ... but it's not scripted... yet ;) )