Transfer django-simple-history to Django Commons

[ddabble]

This is for tracking the progress of the idea started in django-commons/membership#40 (comment).

To my knowledge, Jazzband has only one admin currently, and adding more has been an ongoing issue for a while now (see jazzband/help#196). Quoting the Django Commons FAQ:

Given the importance of several of these projects it's a major risk to the community at large to have a single point of failure in managing the projects.

A transfer will allow us to merge #1305 and make us better able to avoid similar problems/delays in the future, as I think it's much more likely there will be more admins available.

The only two currently active maintainers, @tim-schilling and I, are both members of Django Commons, so the transfer won't change anything in that regard (other than opening up for more maintainers from Django Commons).

The two project leads, @treyhunner and @rossmechanic, have already expressed support of this decision (from Trey; from Ross), and so has Tim.

Remaining work

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1. Create an inbound transfer issue in django-commons/membership: 🛬 [INBOUND] - django-simple-history django-commons/membership#131
2. Create an outbound transfer issue in jazzband/help: Transfer out: django-simple-history help#382
3. Update our CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md to reference Django Commons Code of Conduct: Switch repo to Django Commons #1429
4. Update all references to Jazzband with Django Commons: Switch repo to Django Commons #1429

[ddabble]

(@-ing all current project leads and members)
@treyhunner @rossmechanic
@tim-schilling @jeking3 @thisisazeez @LeMinaw @valberg @brylie @johanneswilm @ddabble @thesayfulla @mraza007

Taking inspiration from django-commons/membership#34 (comment), who will be the new maintainers(/admins?) of the project? (I'm assuming that it's required of all maintainers to join Django Commons first.)

To mirror what I wrote in the issue description, I guess it would be natural for at least @tim-schilling and I to continue as maintainers.

[ddabble]

Also, taking inspiration from jazzband/help#369 (comment), who should be contacted for transferal of the repo? @cunla?

[tim-schilling]

@ddabble [edited] when there's consensus to move it over, the scheduling will be coordinated in the django-commons/membership issue for transferring it in.

In regards to my role with django-simple-history, I'm good with it moving over to django-commons. I am curious who among the current releasers still wants to be a releaser and if folks are comfortable handing those keys over to @ddabble (I'm +1 on that).

[cunla]

Also, taking inspiration from jazzband/help#369 (comment), who should be contacted for transferal of the repo? @cunla?

Hi @ddabble,
Please book some time with me to do the transfer: https://cal.com/daniel-moran/dc-meeting

[ddabble]

@cunla No, I meant which Django Commons admin should be mentioned in the issue that will be created in jazzband/help - in the same fashion that you're mentioned in jazzband/help#369 (comment) 🙂 Though I guess Tim already answered that:

when there's consensus to move it over, the scheduling will be coordinated in the django-commons/membership issue for transferring it in.

Or did I misunderstand what you meant, and that having a meeting would be useful in any case? If so, then sure 👍

[cunla]

@cunla No, I meant which Django Commons admin should be mentioned in the issue that will be created in jazzband/help - in the same fashion that you're mentioned in jazzband/help#369 (comment) 🙂 Though I guess Tim already answered that:

when there's consensus to move it over, the scheduling will be coordinated in the django-commons/membership issue for transferring it in.

Or did I misunderstand what you meant, and that having a meeting would be useful in any case? If so, then sure 👍

Oh, I missed what Tim wrote. I agree with him. Once there is a consensus to move it over, then we can schedule some time to do the transfer.

[tim-schilling]

Is @rossmechanic the last person we need to talk with for this move?

[ddabble]

@tim-schilling Maybe, or perhaps the support of 1/2 project leads is enough - especially if one of them is inactive? I suppose @jezdez could answer that - either here or once we start the move 🙂

[tim-schilling]

I think we need everyone on the same page here.

Edit: I emailed Ross and @ddabble today.

[ddabble]

Oh great, thanks for taking the initiative! 😊

[rossmechanic]

Fine with the move. Let me know what I need to do!

[ddabble]

@rossmechanic Fantastic! Not sure you need to do anything.. 🤔 @tim-schilling Am I correct in assuming that after jazzband/help#382 has been resolved, @jezdez can simply transfer the repo to Django Commons without any other actions being required by the people mentioned here..?

[ddabble]

Due to a lack of responses to my comment above, I'll just put @tim-schilling and I as the new maintainers of the project in django-commons/membership#131 - but to the people I @-ed in the mentioned comment: You're very much welcome to apply for membership and a maintainer role in django-commons 😊