Over the years, it has been suggested that our project seek affiliation with the NumFocus organization (https://numfocus.org/)
*2016:* E.M. Bray asks in https://groups.google.com/g/sage-devel/c/8-BfX8KxFuI/m/CQRmz_3vDQAJ: Is there any particular objection about approaching NumFOCUS [...]? (there is no objection or any response for that matter) *2018: *E.M. Bray's 2018 sage-devel post (https://groups.google.com/g/sage-devel/c/aY0GVqBwFkI/m/cTqfaBN5AQAJ) gives a great overview on benefits for us and the difference between "Affiliated projects" and "Sponsored projects"; in the same thread, D.V. Pasechnik reports having been put in charge of co-leading it by William, but notes his reservations about CoC; Jason Grout reports having given NumFOCUS people a heads-up. *2019:* V. Delecroix brings up NumFOCUS (https://groups.google.com/g/sage-devel/c/sGFOYBeEq-Q/m/NUCfS2zhAQAJ), S. Lelievre points to the 2018 post, E.M. Bray follows up with a discussion of questions of governance. *2022:* D.V. Pasechnik notes that the NumFOCUS effort "appears to be stalled". https://groups.google.com/g/sage-devel/c/G7qZkzjWDZU/m/MgrEqTqJAQAJ *As of today, 2024,* in my opinion, SageMath is clearly not able to meet the additional requirements of a NumFOCUS Sponsored Project (https://numfocus.org/projects-overview): "A transparent, publicly visible governance model" (????), "A roadmap outlining high priority work areas" (although my modularization project provides https://github.com/sagemath/sage/issues/29705 provides a viable candidate for > 50% of it). *But we can easily apply to become a NumFOCUS Affiliated Project; it's 21 easy questions in a slightly awkward web form (* https://numfocus.typeform.com/to/VUPE35?typeform-source=numfocus.org)*. The next deadline is Monday January 15*, and I will turn in an application on behalf of the project unless I hear serious, qualified objections. Below are my draft responses to the 21 questions; any suggestions and corrections are very welcome. ============ Question 1 Does your project have a contributor Code of Conduct? *Yes* Question 2 What is the name of your project? *SageMath* Question 3 Please provide the url of your project's (primary) repo: *https://github.com/sagemath/sage* Question 4 Your project's website: *https://www.sagemath.org/* Question 5 Please provide a summary description of your project in a few sentences: *Comprehensive mathematical software system* Question 6 Does your project have a logo? *Yes* Question 7 Please upload a .svg file of your project's logo. A "square" format is best. *982721.png* Question 8 Your project's Twitter handle or other social media handles/urls: *https://twitter.com/sagemath, https://mathstodon.xyz/@sagemath, * *https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sage-Math/26593144945, * Question 9 Why do you want your project to join NumFOCUS? *TBD* Question 10 Are you applying for Fiscal Sponsorship or Affiliation? For more information, see https://numfocus.org/projects-overview *B. affiliation* Question 11 How does your project relate to or integrate with the existing ecosystem of NumFOCUS tools? *Cython, CVXpy, igraph, IPython, Jupyter, Matplotlib, NetworkX, NumPy, SciPy, SymPy are dependencies of SageMath. Additionally, volunteers maintain conda-forge packaging of SageMath.* Question 12 Describe how your project furthers the NumFOCUS mission: https://numfocus.org/community/mission *SageMath is mathematical software with an integration mission. * Question 13 How many active contributors does your project currently have? *70* Question 14 Any comments you’d like to make on the number of your active contributors: *as per https://github.com/sagemath/sage/graphs/contributors?from=2023-02-09&to=2024-01-13&type=c* Question 15 What is your project doing to attract and/or mentor new contributors and maintainers? *Organize virtual and in-person workshops, participate in Google Summer of Code* Question 16 Where do you host conversations about project development and governance (e.g. mailing lists, forums, etc.), and how many participants do you have? *https://groups.google.com/g/sage-devel, TBD participants* Question 17 What license(s) does your project currently use? *GPL v2+, GPL v3+* Question 18 Projects must adopt the NumFOCUS Code of Conduct or one similar in spirit. Please tell us how you plan to meet this requirement: https://numfocus.org/code-of-conduct *https://github.com/sagemath/sage/blob/develop/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md was adopted in 2014* Question 19 Your Name (First & Last): *Matthias Koeppe* Question 20 Your Email: *mkoe...@math.ucdavis.edu* Question 21 Questions or Comments: *Draft application, not submitted yet*========== -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sage-devel/2355bcd9-1e87-4d72-8632-134e0d074b22n%40googlegroups.com.
