docker/MAINTAINERS

# Docker maintainers file
#
# This file describes who runs the Docker project and how.
# This is a living document - if you see something out of date or missing,
# speak up!
#
# It is structured to be consumable by both humans and programs.
# To extract its contents programmatically, use any TOML-compliant
# parser.

[Rules]

	[Rules.maintainers]

		title = "What is a maintainer?"

		text = """
There are different types of maintainers, with different responsibilities, but
all maintainers have 3 things in common:

1) They share responsibility in the project's success.
2) They have made a long-term, recurring time investment to improve the project.
3) They spend that time doing whatever needs to be done, not necessarily what
is the most interesting or fun.

Maintainers are often under-appreciated, because their work is harder to appreciate.
It's easy to appreciate a really cool and technically advanced feature. It's harder
to appreciate the absence of bugs, the slow but steady improvement in stability,
or the reliability of a release process. But those things distinguish a good
project from a great one.
"""

	[Rules.bdfl]

		title = "The Benevolent dictator for life (BDFL)"

		text = """
Docker follows the timeless, highly efficient and totally unfair system
known as [Benevolent dictator for
life](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benevolent_Dictator_for_Life), with
yours truly, Solomon Hykes, in the role of BDFL. This means that all
decisions are made, by default, by Solomon. Since making every decision
myself would be highly un-scalable, in practice decisions are spread
across multiple maintainers.

Ideally, the BDFL role is like the Queen of England: awesome crown, but not
an actual operational role day-to-day. The real job of a BDFL is to NEVER GO AWAY.
Every other rule can change, perhaps drastically so, but the BDFL will always
be there, preserving the philosophy and principles of the project, and keeping
ultimate authority over its fate. This gives us great flexibility in experimenting
with various governance models, knowing that we can always press the "reset" button
without fear of fragmentation or deadlock. See the US congress for a counter-example.

BDFL daily routine:

* Is the project governance stuck in a deadlock or irreversibly fragmented?
	* If yes: refactor the project governance
* Are there issues or conflicts escalated by core?
	* If yes: resolve them
* Go back to polishing that crown.
"""

	[Rules.decisions]

		title = "How are decisions made?"

		text = """
Short answer: EVERYTHING IS A PULL REQUEST.

Docker is an open-source project with an open design philosophy. This
means that the repository is the source of truth for EVERY aspect of the
project, including its philosophy, design, road map, and APIs. *If it's
part of the project, it's in the repo. If it's in the repo, it's part of
the project.*

As a result, all decisions can be expressed as changes to the
repository. An implementation change is a change to the source code. An
API change is a change to the API specification. A philosophy change is
a change to the philosophy manifesto, and so on.

All decisions affecting Docker, big and small, follow the same 3 steps:

* Step 1: Open a pull request. Anyone can do this.

* Step 2: Discuss the pull request. Anyone can do this.

* Step 3: Merge or refuse the pull request. Who does this depends on the nature
of the pull request and which areas of the project it affects. See *review flow*
for details.

Because Docker is such a large and active project, it's important for everyone to know
who is responsible for deciding what. That is determined by a precise set of rules.

* For every *decision* in the project, the rules should designate, in a deterministic way,
who should *decide*.

* For every *problem* in the project, the rules should designate, in a deterministic way,
who should be responsible for *fixing* it.

* For every *question* in the project, the rules should designate, in a deterministic way,
who should be expected to have the *answer*.
"""

	[Rules.review]

		title = "Review flow"

		text = """
Pull requests should be processed according to the following flow:

* For each subsystem affected by the change, the maintainers of the subsystem must approve or refuse it.
It is the responsibility of the subsystem maintainers to process patches affecting them in a timely
manner.

* If the change affects areas of the code which are not part of a subsystem,
or if subsystem maintainers are unable to reach a timely decision, it must be approved by
the core maintainers.

* If the change affects the UI or public APIs, or if it represents a major change in architecture,
the architects must approve or refuse it.

* If the change affects the operations of the project, it must be approved or rejected by
the relevant operators.

* If the change affects the governance, philosophy, goals or principles of the project,
it must be approved by BDFL.
"""

	[Rules.DCO]

	title = "Helping contributors with the DCO"

	text = """
The [DCO or `Sign your work`](
https://github.com/docker/docker/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#sign-your-work)
requirement is not intended as a roadblock or speed bump.

Some Docker contributors are not as familiar with `git`, or have used a web based
editor, and thus asking them to `git commit --amend -s` is not the best way forward.

In this case, maintainers can update the commits based on clause (c) of the DCO. The
most trivial way for a contributor to allow the maintainer to do this, is to add
a DCO signature in a Pull Requests's comment, or a maintainer can simply note that
the change is sufficiently trivial that it does not substantially change the existing
contribution - i.e., a spelling change.

When you add someone's DCO, please also add your own to keep a log.
"""

	[Rules.holiday]

	title = "I'm a maintainer, and I'm going on holiday"

	text = """
Please let your co-maintainers and other contributors know by raising a pull
request that comments out your `MAINTAINERS` file entry using a `#`.
"""

	[Rules."no direct push"]

	title = "I'm a maintainer. Should I make pull requests too?"

	text = """
Yes. Nobody should ever push to master directly. All changes should be
made through a pull request.
"""

	[Rules.meta]

	title = "How is this process changed?"

	text = "Just like everything else: by making a pull request :)"

# Current project organization
[Org]

	bdfl = "shykes"

	# The chief architect is responsible for the overall integrity of the technical architecture
	# across all subsystems, and the consistency of APIs and UI.
	#
	# Changes to UI, public APIs and overall architecture (for example a plugin system) must
	# be approved by the chief architect.
	"Chief Architect" = "shykes"

	# The chief maintainer is responsible for all aspects of quality for the project including
	# code reviews, usability, stability, security, performance, etc.
	# The most important function of the chief maintainer is to lead by example. On the first
	# day of a new maintainer, the best advice should be "follow the C.M.'s example and you'll
	# be fine".
	"Chief Maintainer" = "crosbymichael"

	# The community manager is responsible for serving the project community, including users,
	# contributors and partners. This involves:
	#	- facilitating communication between maintainers, contributors and users
	#	- organizing contributor and maintainer events
	#	- helping new contributors get involved
	#	- anything the project community needs to be successful
	#
	# The community manager is a point of contact for any contributor who has questions, concerns
	# or feedback about project operations.
	"Community Manager" = "theadactyl"

	[Org."Core maintainers"]

	# The Core maintainers are the ghostbusters of the project: when there's a problem others
	# can't solve, they show up and fix it with bizarre devices and weaponry.
	# They have final say on technical implementation and coding style.
	# They are ultimately responsible for quality in all its forms: usability polish,
	# bugfixes, performance, stability, etc. When ownership  can cleanly be passed to
	# a subsystem, they are responsible for doing so and holding the
	# subsystem maintainers accountable. If ownership is unclear, they are the de facto owners.

	# For each release (including minor releases), a "release captain" is assigned from the
	# pool of core maintainers. Rotation is encouraged across all maintainers, to ensure
	# the release process is clear and up-to-date.
	#
	# It is common for core maintainers to "branch out" to join or start a subsystem.

		people = [
			"calavera",
			"cpuguy83",
			"crosbymichael",
			"duglin",
			"erikh",
			"estesp",
			"icecrime",
			"jfrazelle",
			"lk4d4",
			"runcom",
			"tianon",
			"tibor",
			"unclejack",
			"vbatts",
			"vdemeester",
			"vieux",
			"vishh"
		]

    [Org."Docs maintainers"]

    # TODO Describe the docs maintainers role.

        people = [
            "jamtur01",
            "moxiegirl",
            "sven",
            "thajeztah"
        ]

	[Org.Curators]

	# The curators help ensure that incoming issues and pull requests are properly triaged and
	# that our various contribution and reviewing processes are respected. With their knowledge of
	# the repository activity, they can also guide contributors to relevant material or
	# discussions.
	#
	# They are neither code nor docs reviewers, so they are never expected to merge. They can
	# however:
	# - close an issue or pull request when it's an exact duplicate
	# - close an issue or pull request when it's inappropriate or off-topic

	people = [
		"thajeztah"
	]


[people]

# A reference list of all people associated with the project.
# All other sections should refer to people by their canonical key
# in the people section.

	# ADD YOURSELF HERE IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
	[people.calavera]
	Name = "David Calavera"
	Email = "david.calavera@gmail.com"
	GitHub = "calavera"

	[people.cpuguy83]
	Name = "Brian Goff"
	Email = "cpuguy83@gmail.com"
	Github = "cpuguy83"

	[people.crosbymichael]
	Name = "Michael Crosby"
	Email = "crosbymichael@gmail.com"
	GitHub = "crosbymichael"
	[people.duglin]
	Name = "Doug Davis"
	Email = "dug@us.ibm.com"
	GitHub = "duglin"

	[people.erikh]
	Name = "Erik Hollensbe"
	Email = "erik@docker.com"
	GitHub = "erikh"

	[people.estesp]
	Name = "Phil Estes"
	Email = "estesp@linux.vnet.ibm.com"
	GitHub = "estesp"

	[people.icecrime]
	Name = "Arnaud Porterie"
	Email = "arnaud@docker.com"
	GitHub = "icecrime"

	[people.jamtur01]
	Name = "James Turnbull"
	Email = "james@lovedthanlost.net"
	GitHub = "jamtur01"

	[people.jfrazelle]
	Name = "Jessie Frazelle"
	Email = "j@docker.com"
	GitHub = "jfrazelle"

	[people.lk4d4]
	Name = "Alexander Morozov"
	Email = "lk4d4@docker.com"
	GitHub = "lk4d4"

	[people.moxiegirl]
	Name = "Mary Anthony"
	Email = "mary.anthony@docker.com"
	GitHub = "moxiegirl"

	[people.runcom]
	Name = "Antonio Murdaca"
	Email = "me@runcom.ninja"
	GitHub = "runcom"

	[people.shykes]
	Name = "Solomon Hykes"
	Email = "solomon@docker.com"
	GitHub = "shykes"

	[people.sven]
	Name = "Sven Dowideit"
	Email = "SvenDowideit@home.org.au"
	GitHub = "SvenDowideit"

	[people.thajeztah]
	Name = "Sebastiaan van Stijn"
	Email = "github@gone.nl"
	GitHub = "thaJeztah"

	[people.theadactyl]
	Name = "Thea Lamkin"
	Email = "thea@docker.com"
	GitHub = "theadactyl"

	[people.tianon]
	Name = "Tianon Gravi"
	Email = "admwiggin@gmail.com"
	GitHub = "tianon"

	[people.tibor]
	Name = "Tibor Vass"
	Email = "tibor@docker.com"
	GitHub = "tiborvass"

	[people.unclejack]
	Name = "Cristian Staretu"
	Email = "cristian.staretu@gmail.com"
	GitHub = "unclejack"

	[people.vbatts]
	Name = "Vincent Batts"
	Email = "vbatts@redhat.com"
	GitHub = "vbatts"

	[people.vdemeester]
	Name = "Vincent Demeester"
	Email = "vincent@sbr.pm"
	GitHub = "vdemeester"

	[people.vieux]
	Name = "Victor Vieux"
	Email = "vieux@docker.com"
	GitHub = "vieux"

	[people.vishh]
	Name = "Vishnu Kannan"
	Email = "vishnuk@google.com"
	GitHub = "vishh"