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docs: 'How ESLint is Maintained' page #16961
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This page explains the different roles and structures involved in maintaining ESLint. | ||
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## The ESLint Team | ||
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The ESLint team work together to develop and maintain ESLint. The team consists of several different roles, including: | ||
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* **Technical Steering Committee (TSC)**: Manage releases, review feature requests, and meet regularly to ensure ESLint is properly maintained. | ||
* **Reviewers**: Review and implement new features. | ||
* **Committers**: Review and fix bugs and help triage issues. | ||
* **Website Team**: Focus specifically on [eslint.org](https://eslint.org). | ||
* **Support Team**: Help in Discord and discussions. | ||
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To learn more about the current team members, refer to the [Team](https://eslint.org/team/) page. | ||
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## Organization Structure | ||
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TODO: provide a little more info about what the OpenJS foundation actually does vis-a-vis ESLint. | ||
There was a problem hiding this comment. Choose a reason for hiding this commentThe reason will be displayed to describe this comment to others. Learn more. I'm not sure if we'd want to use this verbatim, but here's an overview. You can pick and choose from this: The OpenJS Foundation provides the legal infrastructure for JavaScript projects like ESLint. It is the owner of the intellectual property related to ESLint, including copyrights and trademarks, and ensures the independence of the project. While the OpenJS Foundation does not participate in the day-to-day functioning of the project, they are a resource for ESLint should we need legal advice or representation. There was a problem hiding this comment. Choose a reason for hiding this commentThe reason will be displayed to describe this comment to others. Learn more. thx, this is perfect. adapting into the answer. |
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ESLint is part of the [OpenJS Foundation](https://openjsf.org/), a nonprofit organization that supports open-source projects and communities in the JavaScript ecosystem. The OpenJS Foundation provides support and resources to help ensure that projects like ESLint can continue to grow and evolve. | ||
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## Funding | ||
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ESLint is funded through several sources, including: | ||
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* [**Open Collective**](https://opencollective.com/eslint): A platform for financing open source projects. | ||
* [**GitHub Sponsors**](https://github.com/sponsors/eslint): A platform for funding open source projects associated with Github. | ||
* [**Tidelift**](https://tidelift.com/subscription/pkg/npm-eslint): A subscription service that lets enterprises manage and fund the open source projects that their organization uses. | ||
* [**Carbon Ads**](https://www.carbonads.net/open-source): Developer-centric advertising provider used on eslint.org. | ||
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* [**Stackaid.us**](https://simulation.stackaid.us/github/eslint/eslint): Tool that developers can use to allocate funding to the open source projects they use. | ||
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ESLint uses this funding for the following purposes: | ||
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* Pay team members | ||
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* Fund projects | ||
* Pay for services that keep ESLint running (web hosting, software subscriptions, etc.) | ||
* Provide financial support to our dependencies and ecosystem | ||
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## Joining the Maintainer Team | ||
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ESLint is an open-source project, and anyone can contribute to the project. If you're interested in becoming part of the maintainer team, TODO: what to do? | ||
There was a problem hiding this comment. Choose a reason for hiding this commentThe reason will be displayed to describe this comment to others. Learn more. This info is actually covered in the governance doc There was a problem hiding this comment. Choose a reason for hiding this commentThe reason will be displayed to describe this comment to others. Learn more. I think we can probably say "Stop by Discord and introduce yourself" as an easier way to get people started. |
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Governance is still under Contribute right now, do we want to move it as part of this PR?
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let's keep it there. i remember when we were doing the IA updates, there was some discussion on the matter, and we decided at the time to keep governance in Contribute.