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Microsoft OSS release checklist — complete before public release (growth-ecosystems/scope-core → microsoft/scope)

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Assessment

Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Quiet
Domain
release

Research direction

Start by reviewing the Microsoft Open Source release checklist linked in the issue and then open sub-issues #1346, #1350, #1348, #1349, #1351, #1352, and #1347 for their task details and status. The umbrella issue is done when every listed sub-issue is closed.

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Description

Original author: @cedricvidal

Umbrella tracking issue for completing the Microsoft Open Source release checklist before moving to github.com/microsoft/scope, per the OSS release review.

Each checklist item is tracked in its own sub-issue below (see the Sub-issues section for live progress). Details, status, and task breakdowns live in each sub-issue.

# Item Sub-issue
1 Project name approval #1346
2 Third-party OSS / NOTICE #1350
3 CONTRIBUTING.md #1348
4 SECURITY.md (V1.0.0) #1349
5 MIT license headers #1351
6 Going public / PoliCheck #1352
7 Responsible AI #1347

This issue is complete when all sub-issues are closed.

Dominant language
TypeScript
Stars
5
Forks
5
Avg merge
5d 6h
Merged PRs (30d)
19

Getting set up

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

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