Hi all, this is a proposal for the systematize initiative (https://phabricator.kde.org/T15627).
Motivation: As I learned when I did the Incubator process myself, it doesn't encourage projects to join KDE - on the contrary, it's rather suited to scare them away. Main issues with the current process: - It is not obvious what are the required steps and how to follow them. - If the process gets stuck, there's no way to find out why. In my case, the email simply never made it to the mailing list. I couldn't tell if that was the case or just nobody responded. - It is rather difficult to find support. Proposal: Follow a similar approach to flathub, i.e. add an incubator repository in KDE Invent. Here, people can raise an issue/MR to add their project. Note: As everybody who's interested can watch the repository, the mailing list would not be used anymore. This would have several advantages: - Low entry barrier. Everyone with a KDE Invent account can easily start the process (even without understanding all required steps of the process). - Traceability and transparency: the current status is always visible, it is easy to track open Incubator processes and monitor why they don't progress. - Everybody can help unblocking Incubator processes, assisting in whatever question etc. Looking forward for your feedback/opinions Plata
