MCP moves core maintainer Nick Aldridge to emeritus status
The MCP project moved Nick Aldridge from its core maintainers list to the emeritus section in MAINTAINERS.md and the governance documentation. The pull request states he is stepping back from the core maintainer role.
The MCP project moved Nick Aldridge from its core maintainers list to
the emeritus section, in a pull request merged on 2026-08-05. The change
touches both MAINTAINERS.md and the governance documentation page, and
refreshes the document's last-updated date.
The stated reason, in the pull request description, is that Aldridge is stepping back from the core maintainer role. The change was merged by another maintainer, dend.
It is the second recorded change to MCP's maintainer roster inside a week, following the Registry Working Group lead change merged on 2026-08-02.
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