Extending the forum for Django Commons?

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Thanks everyone for the thoughtful discussion and feedback on bringing Django Commons discussions to the Django Forum. Based on the conversation, I wanted to summarize what I’m seeing and propose next steps.

Key Takeaways

Community Need: There appears to be a need for creating a dedicated space for package-related discussions, with support for expanding beyond just Django Commons to include broader third-party package development. See for example @adamghill’s Django Unicorn maintainer thread thread.

Moderation Solution: The moderation concerns have been addressed with Django Commons admins volunteering to moderate. @cunla from our admin team has offered to join the moderator team, and I would be happy to volunteer for moderation duties as well. We’re committed to active monitoring and notifications for the relevant areas. We would both need to be onboarded to the moderation workflows for the forum.

Category Approach: There’s consensus around starting with a top-level “Packages” category (as @carltongibson and @nanorepublica suggested) rather than limiting to just “Django Commons.” This would be more inclusive and could serve the broader ecosystem.

Scope: The expanded scope would cover:

  • Package design and functionality discussions
  • Configuration, packaging, and distribution topics
  • Community building and governance for package maintainers
  • Support for developers creating new third-party packages

Proposed Next Steps

  1. Create a “Packages” top-level category with Django Commons discussions as the initial content
  2. Set up moderation team with Django Commons admins @cunla and @ryancheley
  3. Trial period: Run for 6 months as suggested by @codenametim, then evaluate activity and consider restructuring if needed
  4. Migration: Begin moving active Django Commons discussions from GitHub to this new space

@KenWhitesell @nessita - are you comfortable moving forward with this approach?

This aligns with what we discussed in our Django Commons admin meeting on August 1st, where the team was in agreement to move forward with this approach.

Looking forward to making package development discussions more visible and accessible to the Django community!

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