No, the Core maintainers also function as maintainers in Knots too. Saying I'm the sole maintainer because I roll the releases is like saying Gloria is the sole maintainer of Core 29.x.
core references PRs for most changes which each include review by muliple people.
knots is just your commit comments. no PRs, no context, no review by others.
knots is just your commit comments. no PRs, no context, no review by others.