Add self evaluation on Metal3.io's governance for Graduation by kashifest · Pull Request #51 · metal3-io/community

kashifest · 2026-04-27T06:26:45Z

Add self evaluation on Metal3.io's governance for Graduation

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Pull request overview

Adds a CNCF Graduation self-governance review document for Metal3.io, aligning the project’s governance evidence with the CNCF TOC governance review template.

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Introduces a new Markdown self-evaluation document covering governance maturity, lifecycle, ownership, and communication channels.
Adds a consolidated repository/component listing and reference links to governance artifacts (community repo, roles, ladder, maintainers, roadmap, etc.).

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kashifest · 2026-04-27T06:31:09Z

/cc @tuminoid @lentzi90 @Rozzii

tuminoid · 2026-04-28T05:45:56Z

Thanks @kashifest, I'll take a look at some point.

lentzi90

Nice work!
I have mostly small things, wording/typos

lentzi90 · 2026-05-07T11:44:56Z

+follow the nomination and 2/3 approval process documented in
+[maintainers/README.md][maintainers-readme].
+
+**Governance clearly documents


The wording here sounds strange to me but I see it is straight from the template. Just commenting for future/other reviewers wondering the same

Signed-off-by: Kashif Khan <kashif.khan@est.tech>

Rozzii

I commented a few bits of info I would add but I think this can be approved already.
/approve

Rozzii · 2026-05-18T10:55:03Z

+dimensions: hardware vendor neutrality (supporting Redfish/IPMI
+without vendor lock-in), feature vendor neutrality (no dependency
+on any commercial provider), and development vendor neutrality
+(CI/CD runs on CNCF-provided infrastructure). The project's CI


OpenInfra Europe Nordix is also involved with some managed services (Jenkins, Artifactory) 1Password donates the key management solution, Netlify donates dns service an other stuff, RH donates Quay.io for release container storage.

Rozzii · 2026-05-18T11:00:29Z

+Zoom link, calendar invites, and notes in a
+[Google Doc][meeting-notes]. Meetings are published on the
+[CNCF community calendar](https://www.cncf.io/calendar/).
+Meeting recordings are available on the


Maybe you could mention that community meetings are managed/recorded/facilitated via LFX Project Management tools, just to emphesized that it is automated and vendor agnostic too.

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tuminoid

Some updates needed for this one.

tuminoid · 2026-06-10T16:26:17Z

+
+Maintainers span two organizations: Ericsson Software Technology
+and Red Hat. Both organizations have approvers in the core
+repositories (BMO, CAPM3, IPAM, IrSO, Ironic-image), ensuring


Well... CAPM3 and IPAM do not have approvers outside Ericsson.

tuminoid · 2026-06-10T16:27:26Z

+The maintainer lifecycle is fully documented in
+[maintainers/README.md][maintainers-readme]: nomination is by
+an existing maintainer via private email to all maintainers,
+followed by discussion and a 2/3 approval vote. Offboarding


The readme says majority + zero no votes.

tuminoid · 2026-06-10T16:29:40Z

+| Repository | Purpose | Maturity | Leadership |
+| :----------- | :-------- | :--------- | :----------- |
+| [baremetal-operator](https://github.com/metal3-io/baremetal-operator) | Core controller managing BareMetalHost CRDs and Ironic interaction | Stable (v0.13.x) | 7 approvers (Red Hat, Ericsson) |
+| [cluster-api-provider-metal3](https://github.com/metal3-io/cluster-api-provider-metal3) | CAPI infrastructure provider for bare metal | Stable (v1.13.x) | 5 approvers (Red Hat, Ericsson) |


7, all Ericsson.

tuminoid · 2026-06-10T16:29:50Z

+| :----------- | :-------- | :--------- | :----------- |
+| [baremetal-operator](https://github.com/metal3-io/baremetal-operator) | Core controller managing BareMetalHost CRDs and Ironic interaction | Stable (v0.13.x) | 7 approvers (Red Hat, Ericsson) |
+| [cluster-api-provider-metal3](https://github.com/metal3-io/cluster-api-provider-metal3) | CAPI infrastructure provider for bare metal | Stable (v1.13.x) | 5 approvers (Red Hat, Ericsson) |
+| [ip-address-manager](https://github.com/metal3-io/ip-address-manager) | IP address allocation for bare metal hosts | Stable (v1.13.x) | 4 approvers (Red Hat, Ericsson) |


7, all Ericsson.

tuminoid · 2026-06-10T16:30:49Z

+| [ironic-image](https://github.com/metal3-io/ironic-image) | Container image for OpenStack Ironic | Stable | 4 approvers (Red Hat, Ericsson) |
+| [ironic-ipa-downloader](https://github.com/metal3-io/ironic-ipa-downloader) | Ironic Python Agent image downloader | Stable | 3 approvers (Red Hat, Ericsson) |
+| [mariadb-image](https://github.com/metal3-io/mariadb-image) | Container image for MariaDB (Ironic backend) | Stable | 2 approvers (Ericsson) |
+| [metal3-dev-env](https://github.com/metal3-io/metal3-dev-env) | Development and testing environment | Stable | 5 approvers (Red Hat, Ericsson) |


tuminoid · 2026-06-10T16:31:07Z

+| [ironic-ipa-downloader](https://github.com/metal3-io/ironic-ipa-downloader) | Ironic Python Agent image downloader | Stable | 3 approvers (Red Hat, Ericsson) |
+| [mariadb-image](https://github.com/metal3-io/mariadb-image) | Container image for MariaDB (Ironic backend) | Stable | 2 approvers (Ericsson) |
+| [metal3-dev-env](https://github.com/metal3-io/metal3-dev-env) | Development and testing environment | Stable | 5 approvers (Red Hat, Ericsson) |
+| [metal3-docs](https://github.com/metal3-io/metal3-docs) | Design documents and proposals | N/A | 4 approvers (Red Hat, Ericsson) |


5, root, or 7 unique including design.

tuminoid · 2026-06-10T16:31:23Z

+| [mariadb-image](https://github.com/metal3-io/mariadb-image) | Container image for MariaDB (Ironic backend) | Stable | 2 approvers (Ericsson) |
+| [metal3-dev-env](https://github.com/metal3-io/metal3-dev-env) | Development and testing environment | Stable | 5 approvers (Red Hat, Ericsson) |
+| [metal3-docs](https://github.com/metal3-io/metal3-docs) | Design documents and proposals | N/A | 4 approvers (Red Hat, Ericsson) |
+| [metal3-io.github.io](https://github.com/metal3-io/metal3-io.github.io) | Project website and blog | N/A | 3 approvers (Red Hat, Ericsson) |


tuminoid · 2026-06-10T16:31:36Z

+| [metal3-dev-env](https://github.com/metal3-io/metal3-dev-env) | Development and testing environment | Stable | 5 approvers (Red Hat, Ericsson) |
+| [metal3-docs](https://github.com/metal3-io/metal3-docs) | Design documents and proposals | N/A | 4 approvers (Red Hat, Ericsson) |
+| [metal3-io.github.io](https://github.com/metal3-io/metal3-io.github.io) | Project website and blog | N/A | 3 approvers (Red Hat, Ericsson) |
+| [project-infra](https://github.com/metal3-io/project-infra) | CI/CD infrastructure and jobs | Stable | 5 approvers (Red Hat, Ericsson) |


5, all Ericsson.

tuminoid · 2026-06-10T16:31:49Z

+
+**Incubating:** Suggested | **Graduated:** Suggested
+
+Metal3 defines a five-level contributor ladder in


4 step, again.

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Add self evaluation on Metal3.io's technical updates for Graduation #53

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Signed-off-by: Kashif Khan <kashif.khan@est.tech>

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		Incubating: Suggested \| Graduated: Suggested

		Metal3 defines a five-level contributor ladder in

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