decide what is an official project in the Nix ecosystem

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decide what is an official project in the Nix ecosystem #39

Open fricklerhandwerk opened 2 years ago

fricklerhandwerk commented 2 years ago

There is no clear definition of what firmly belongs to the Nix ecosystem, what is "official" or merely "associated", and what is considered third-party.

Tasks

decide on criteria
define processes for state transitions
take inventory
update status

Proposal

Mentioned (third party): Code that works and solves a known problem
Endorsed (third party): Significant user base; software is usable and approachable (don't have to read the code to work with it)
Recommended (community project): Large user base; maintained and accepting contributions
Official: Vital to the ecosystem; actively developed by at least two people and with enough resources in the long run; high standards of code quality, collaboration, and documentation

fricklerhandwerk commented 1 year ago

@infinisil at the point where "everyone" relies on it, it should be made official
@domenkozar this should be a topic for the board
- @fricklerhandwerk agree. does the board have the capacity to deal with that and decide in a reasonable amount of time?
  - @domenkozar we have a lot in the backlog, currently focusing on administrative issues such as having and accountant and secretary
    - @fricklerhandwerk great to hear!
    - still need a transparent way to keep track of board work, e.g. project board