I think with such projects it is more important for the leaders to focus on the the higher level architecture, the data structure and algorithms and their prope

I think with such projects it is more important for the leaders to focus on the the higher level architecture, the data structure and algorithms and their proper documentation rather than the coding finished product. Of course they can code when these details are fleshed out, but these traits in a project are what make it easier for more people to join and contribute. My view is that there are more than enough people to make open source projects succeed, but trying to unravel and understand other peoples poorly documented architectural decisions and code is what make things difficult.