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Missing documentation on how repositories become official

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Description

@zimbatm and me just talked about how github repositories could advance from the nix-community to the NixOS github organization. Currently there is no documentation on this in the orga repository except from this sentence in /doc/resources.md:

Currently there is no established process for how to make new official resources or make existing resources official.

However, @zimbatm also mentioned that the current process to make a new official repo would be to create an issue in the orga repository and go from there. This should be reflected in /doc/resources.md.

Contributor guide

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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.

Research direction

Start with doc/resources.md, especially the statement that no established process exists for making resources official. Update that documentation to reflect the described process of creating an issue in the orga repository for a new official repository, and confirm the guidance covers repositories advancing from nix-community to the NixOS organization.

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Assessment

Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
1/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Clearly specified
Newbie friendliness
55/100

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