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| 1 | +# Governance |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +## Making decisions |
| 4 | + |
| 5 | +There's two main pieces to the way decisions are made in hyper: |
| 6 | + |
| 7 | +1. A decision-making framework |
| 8 | +2. The people who apply it |
| 9 | + |
| 10 | +The people are described [lower down in this document](#roles). |
| 11 | + |
| 12 | +### Decision-making framework |
| 13 | + |
| 14 | +We start with the users. The project wouldn't exist without them, and it exists |
| 15 | +in order to enable users to do amazing things with HTTP. We listen to our |
| 16 | +users. Some actively contribute their thoughts, but many others we must seek |
| 17 | +out to learn about their usage, joys, and headaches. Those insights allow our |
| 18 | +experts to determine the best solutions for the users. |
| 19 | + |
| 20 | +We then define a set of [TENETS](./TENETS.md), which are guiding principles |
| 21 | +that can be used to measure aspects of individual decisions. It should be |
| 22 | +possible to identify one or more tenets that apply to why a decision is made. |
| 23 | +And the set helps us balance which priorities are more important for our users. |
| 24 | + |
| 25 | +We combine the usecases with the tenets to come up with a [VISION](./VISION.md) |
| 26 | +that provides a longer-term plan of what hyper _should_ look like. |
| 27 | + |
| 28 | +Finally, we define a [ROADMAP](./ROADMAP.md) that describes what the |
| 29 | +short-term, tactical changes to bring hyper closer in line with the vision. |
| 30 | + |
| 31 | +## Roles |
| 32 | + |
| 33 | +These are the roles people can fill when participating in the project. A list |
| 34 | +of the people in each role is available in [MAINTAINERS](./MAINTAINERS.md). |
| 35 | + |
| 36 | +### Contributor |
| 37 | + |
| 38 | +A contributor is anyone who contributes their time to provide value for the |
| 39 | +project. This could be in the form of code, documentation, filing issues, |
| 40 | +discussing designs, or helping others on the issue tracker or in chat. |
| 41 | + |
| 42 | +All contributors MUST follow the [Code of Conduct][coc]. |
| 43 | + |
| 44 | +👋 **New here?** [This could be you!][contrib] |
| 45 | + |
| 46 | + |
| 47 | +### Triager |
| 48 | + |
| 49 | +Triagers assess issues on the issue tracker. They help make sure the work is |
| 50 | +well organized, and are critical for making new issue reporters feeling |
| 51 | +welcome. |
| 52 | + |
| 53 | +Responsibilities: |
| 54 | + |
| 55 | +- Adhere to the [Code of Conduct][coc] |
| 56 | +- Follow the [triager's guide][triage-guide] |
| 57 | + |
| 58 | +Privileges: |
| 59 | + |
| 60 | +- Can edit, label, and close issues |
| 61 | +- Member of the organization |
| 62 | +- Can be assigned issues and pull requests |
| 63 | + |
| 64 | +How to become: |
| 65 | + |
| 66 | +- Make a few [contributions][contrib] to the project, to show you can follow |
| 67 | + the [Code of Conduct][coc]. |
| 68 | +- Self-nominate by making a pull request adding yourself to the |
| 69 | + [list](./MAINTAINERS.md#triagers). |
| 70 | + |
| 71 | + |
| 72 | +### Collaborator |
| 73 | + |
| 74 | +Collaborators are contributors who have been helping out in a consistent basis. |
| 75 | + |
| 76 | +Responsibilities: |
| 77 | + |
| 78 | +- Be exemplars of the [Code of Conduct][coc] |
| 79 | +- Internalize the [VISION](./VISION.md) |
| 80 | +- Reviewing pull requests from other contributors |
| 81 | +- Provide feedback on proposed features and design documents |
| 82 | +- [Welcome new contributors][triage-guide] |
| 83 | +- Answer questions in issues and/or chat |
| 84 | +- Mentor contributors to become members |
| 85 | + |
| 86 | +Privileges: |
| 87 | + |
| 88 | +- Can review and merge pull requests |
| 89 | +- Can trigger re-runs of CI, and approve CI for first-time contributors |
| 90 | +- Can assign issues and pull requests to other organization members |
| 91 | + |
| 92 | +How to become: |
| 93 | + |
| 94 | +- Work at fulfilling the above responsibilities. |
| 95 | +- Any collaborator may nominate a contributor who has been around for some time |
| 96 | + and is already filling the responsibilities. |
| 97 | +- Another collaborator must second the nomination. |
| 98 | +- If there are no objections, a maintainer will welcome the new collaborator. |
| 99 | + |
| 100 | +Don't be afraid to ask a collaborator for what you could work on to reach this |
| 101 | +goal! |
| 102 | + |
| 103 | +### Maintainer |
| 104 | + |
| 105 | +Maintainers are the project admins. Besides being a collaborator, they take care |
| 106 | +house-keeping duties, help lead the direction, and have the final authority when |
| 107 | +required. |
| 108 | + |
| 109 | +[coc]: ./CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md |
| 110 | +[contrib]: ../CONTRIBUTING.md |
| 111 | +[triage-guide]: ./ISSUES.md#triaging |
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