Move cncf/project-template ownership to TOC Project Reviews Subproject
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@riaankleinhans is already working on this.
Since Jul 6, 2026.
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Description
Proposal
Transfer ownership of cncf/project-template from TAG Contributor Strategy to the TOC Project Reviews Subproject, and move the template content into the cncf/toc repository.
Why
The project-template repo contains governance, maintainer, contributor ladder, and security templates that are directly referenced by:
- TOC DD triage and evaluation processes
- Incubation and graduation application templates
- The governance best practices document (PR #2224)
These templates are consumed by the TOC during due diligence, not by TAG Contributor Strategy during project onboarding. The Project Reviews Subproject already reviews governance and technical artifacts — owning the templates they reference is a natural fit.
TAG Contributor Strategy's charter has evolved with the TAG restructuring. The project-template repo should align with the group that actively maintains and references these templates in the DD process.
Consolidating the templates into cncf/toc eliminates the indirection of referencing a separate repo and ensures template updates go through the same review process as the DD checklist and application templates they support.
Requested Changes
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Move template content into
cncf/toc— addGOVERNANCE.md,GOVERNANCE-subprojects.md,GOVERNANCE-elections.md,GOVERNANCE-maintainer.md,CONTRIBUTOR_LADDER.md,CONTRIBUTING.md,MAINTAINERS.md,REVIEWING.md,DESIGN-PROPOSALS.md, andREADME-template.mdunder atemplates/project-template/directory (or similar) incncf/toc -
Update CODEOWNERS to include:
- TOC members
- CNCF projects staff
- Project Reviews Subproject members
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Update references in DD application templates, dd-toc-guide, and governance review template to point to the new location in
cncf/toc -
Archive
cncf/project-templatewith a README redirect pointing to the new location incncf/toc -
Update any references in TAG Contributor Strategy docs that point to project-template as their responsibility
Related
- Project Reviews Subproject
- Governance best practices PR #2224 — references these templates
- Template updates PR #50 — active updates to templates
- Post-graduation health check PR #2225 — uses template patterns
- CloudNativePG governance proposal — recommended
GOVERNANCE-subprojects.mdtemplate to a project during DD
- Dominant language
- HTML
- Stars
- 1.9k
- Forks
- 728
- Avg merge
- 3d 23h
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 10
Getting set up
- No Dockerfile or Docker Compose file
- No pull request template
- Read the contributing guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
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