diff --git a/GOVERNANCE.md b/GOVERNANCE.md index 6a305478..3da39e52 100644 --- a/GOVERNANCE.md +++ b/GOVERNANCE.md @@ -1,3 +1,12 @@ ## The Skopeo Project Community Governance -The Skopeo project, as part of Podman Container Tools, follows the [Podman Project Governance](https://github.com/containers/podman/blob/main/GOVERNANCE.md). +The Skopeo project, as part of Podman Container Tools, follows the [Podman Project Governance](https://github.com/containers/podman/blob/main/GOVERNANCE.md) +except sections found in this document, which override those found in Podman's Governance. + +--- + +# Maintainers File + +The definitive source of truth for maintainers of this repository is the local [MAINTAINERS.md](./MAINTAINERS.md) file. The [MAINTAINERS.md](https://github.com/containers/podman/blob/main/MAINTAINERS.md) file in the main Podman repository is used for project-spanning roles, including Core Maintainer and Community Manager. Some repositories in the project will also have a local [OWNERS](./OWNERS) file, which the CI system uses to map users to roles. Any changes to the [OWNERS](./OWNERS) file must make a corresponding change to the [MAINTAINERS.md](./MAINTAINERS.md) file to ensure that the file remains up to date. Most changes to [MAINTAINERS.md](./MAINTAINERS.md) will require a change to the repository’s [OWNERS](.OWNERS) file (e.g., adding a Reviewer), but some will not (e.g., promoting a Maintainer to a Core Maintainer, which comes with no additional CI-related privileges). + +Any Core Maintainers listed in Podman’s [MAINTAINERS.md](https://github.com/containers/podman/blob/main/MAINTAINERS.md) file should also be added to the list of “approvers” in the local [OWNERS](./OWNERS) file and as a Core Maintainer in the list of “Maintainers” in the local [MAINTAINERS.md](./MAINTAINERS.md) file. diff --git a/MAINTAINERS.md b/MAINTAINERS.md index 9cb21b42..438b2645 100644 --- a/MAINTAINERS.md +++ b/MAINTAINERS.md @@ -28,3 +28,7 @@ None at present ## Credits The structure of this document was based off of the equivalent one in the [CRI-O Project](https://github.com/cri-o/cri-o/blob/main/MAINTAINERS.md). + +## Note + +If there is a discrepancy between the [MAINTAINERS.md](https://github.com/containers/podman/blob/main/MAINTAINERS.md) file in the main Podman repository and this file regarding Core Maintainers or Community Managers, the file in the Podman Repository is considered the source of truth.