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Organization of the Django Project
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Principles
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The Django Project is managed by a team of volunteers pursuing three goals:
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- Driving the development of the Django Web Framework,
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- Fostering the ecosystem of Django-related software,
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- Leading the Django community in accordance with the values described in the
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`Django Code of Conduct`_.
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The Django Project isn't a legal entity. The `Django Software Foundation`_, a
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non-profit organization, handles financial and legal matters related to the
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Django Project. Other than that, the Django Software Foundation lets the
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Django Project manage the development of the Django framework, its ecosystem
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and its community.
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.. _Django Code of Conduct: https://www.djangoproject.com/conduct/
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.. _Django Software Foundation: https://www.djangoproject.com/foundation/
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The Django core team makes the decisions, nominates its new members, and
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elects its technical board. While it holds decision power in theory, it aims
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at using it as rarely as possible in practice. Rough consensus should be the
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norm and formal voting an exception.
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.. _core-team:
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Core team
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Role
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The core team is the group of trusted volunteers who manage the Django
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Project. They assume many roles required to achieve the project's goals,
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especially those that require a high level of trust. They make the decisions
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that shape the future of the project.
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Core team members are expected to act as role models for the community and
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custodians of the project, on behalf of the community and all those who rely
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on Django.
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They will intervene, where necessary, in online discussions or at official
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Django events on the rare occasions that a situation arises that requires
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intervention.
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They have authority over the Django Project infrastructure, including the
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Django Project website itself, the Django GitHub organization and
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repositories, the Trac bug tracker, the mailing lists, IRC channels, etc.
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Prerogatives
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Core team members may participate in formal votes, typically to nominate new
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team members and to elect the technical board.
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Some contributions don't require commit access. Depending on the reasons why a
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contributor joins the team, they may or may not have commit permissions to the
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Django code repository.
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However, should the need arise, any team member may ask for commit access by
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writing to the core team's mailing list. Access will be granted unless the
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person withdraws their request or the technical board vetoes the proposal.
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Core team members who have commit access are referred to as "committers" or
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"core developers".
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Other permissions, such as access to the servers, are granted to those who
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need them through the same process.
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Membership
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`Django team members <https://www.djangoproject.com/foundation/teams/>`_
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demonstrate:
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- a good grasp of the philosophy of the Django Project
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- a solid track record of being constructive and helpful
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- significant contributions to the project's goals, in any form
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- willingness to dedicate some time to improving Django
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As the project matures, contributions go way beyond code. Here's an incomplete
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list of areas where contributions may be considered for joining the core team,
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in no particular order:
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- Working on community management and outreach
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- Providing support on the mailing-lists and on IRC
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- Triaging tickets
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- Writing patches (code, docs, or tests)
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- Reviewing patches (code, docs, or tests)
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- Participating in design decisions
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- Providing expertise in a particular domain (security, i18n, etc.)
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- Managing the continuous integration infrastructure
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- Managing the servers (website, tracker, documentation, etc.)
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- Maintaining related projects (djangoproject.com site, ex-contrib apps, etc.)
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- Creating visual designs
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Very few areas are reserved to core team members:
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- Reviewing security reports
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- Merging patches (code, docs, or tests)
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- Packaging releases
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Core team membership acknowledges sustained and valuable efforts that align
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well with the philosophy and the goals of the Django Project.
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It is granted by a four fifths majority of votes cast in a core team vote and
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no veto by the technical board.
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Core team members are always looking for promising contributors, teaching them
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how the project is managed, and submitting their names to the core team's vote
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when they're ready. If you would like to join the core team, you can contact a
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core team member privately or ask for guidance on the :ref:`Django Core
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Mentorship mailing-list <django-core-mentorship-mailing-list>`.
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There's no time limit on core team membership. However, in order to provide
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the general public with a reasonable idea of how many people maintain Django,
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core team members who have stopped contributing are encouraged to declare
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themselves as "past team members". Those who haven't made any non-trivial
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contribution in two years may be asked to move themselves to this category,
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and moved there if they don't respond. Past team members lose their privileges
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such as voting rights and commit access.
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.. _technical-board:
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Technical board
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Role
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The technical board is a group of experienced and active committers who steer
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technical choices. Their main concern is to maintain the quality and stability
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of the Django Web Framework.
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Prerogatives
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The technical board holds two prerogatives:
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- Making major technical decisions when no consensus is found otherwise. This
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happens on the |django-developers| mailing-list.
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- Veto a grant of commit access or remove commit access. This happens on the
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``django-core`` mailing-list.
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In both cases, the technical board is a last resort. In these matters, it
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fulfills a similar function to the former Benevolent Dictators For Life.
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When the board wants to exercise one of these prerogatives, it must hold a
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private, simple majority vote on the resolution. The quorum is the full
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committee — each member must cast a vote or abstain explicitly. Then the board
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communicates the result, and if possible the reasons, on the appropriate
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mailing-list. There's no appeal for such decisions.
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In addition, at its discretion, the technical board may act in an advisory
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capacity on non-technical decisions.
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Membership
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`The technical board`_ is an elected group of five committers. They're expected
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to be experienced but there's no formal seniority requirement.
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A new board is elected after each feature release of Django. The election
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process is managed by a returns officer nominated by the outgoing technical
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board. The election process works as follows:
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#. Candidates advertise their application for the technical board to the team.
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They must be committers already. There's no term limit for technical board
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members.
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#. Each team member can vote for zero to five people among the candidates.
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Candidates are ranked by the total number of votes they received.
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In case of a tie, the person who joined the core team earlier wins.
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Both the application and the voting period last between one and two weeks, at
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the outgoing board's discretion.
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.. _the technical board: https://www.djangoproject.com/foundation/teams/#technical-board-team
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Changing the organization
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Changes to this document require a four fifths majority of votes cast in a
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core team vote and no veto by the technical board.
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