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Add the repository files a public project is expected to carry so that a new contributor can find the rules and the ownership map without asking: - CITATION.cff so ForgeLM can be cited; version/date-released are omitted on purpose to avoid a second copy of the release version literal. - .github/CODEOWNERS routes reviews; branch protection does not require a code-owner review, so an unresponsive owner cannot stall a PR. - .github/dependabot.yml surfaces dependency updates upstream of the pip-audit and nightly CVE checks; Python minor/patch bumps are grouped. - GOVERNANCE.md records the maintainer-led model and the path to a reviewer and a maintainer role. - MAINTAINERS.md names the current maintainer and the review cadence for first-time contributors. - .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/documentation.yml gives docs reports a home, since the project's docs are a first-class contribution area. No behaviour changes; adds no imports and no dependencies.
Reviewer's GuideThis PR adds static community-health files that establish how contributors report documentation issues, find maintainers, understand governance, route reviews, receive dependency update proposals, and cite ForgeLM; it does not alter Python behavior, dependencies, runtime configuration, or release metadata. Sequence diagram for documentation issue intakesequenceDiagram
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Contributor->>GitHub: Open documentation issue
GitHub->>Maintainer: Route issue with documentation and needs-triage labels
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Flow diagram for governance and review progressionflowchart LR
Contributor[Contributor] -->|helpful reviews and contributions| Reviewer[Reviewer]
Reviewer -->|maintainer invitation| Maintainer[Maintainer]
Maintainer -->|area ownership| CODEOWNERS[CODEOWNERS]
CODEOWNERS -->|review request| PullRequest[Pull request]
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<location path=".github/dependabot.yml" line_range="15" />
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**Automated bumps leave minimum-dependency tests stale**
When a Dependabot PR raises a minimum dependency version in `pyproject.toml`, dependabot updates the minimums in `pyproject.toml` but does not update `.github/workflows/nightly.yml`. The `test-min-deps` job then installs the old exact pins with `--no-deps`, so it tests versions below the declared minimums instead of the supported dependency floor.
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<location path="GOVERNANCE.md" line_range="55" />
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+- **Breaking changes** to the YAML schema or the CLI contract require a
+ deprecation period. Removing a YAML field is a MAJOR change; the target
+ release is single-sourced in `forgelm/config.py` and the
+ [release standard](docs/standards/release.md) governs the sequence.
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**Breaking-change release guidance points to wrong file**
When a maintainer uses the breaking-change guidance to determine the target release, maintainers following this guidance look in `forgelm/config.py` for the target release, but that file does not single-source the project release version; they get the wrong release-planning instructions.
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- MAINTAINERS.md: replace the CoC address with a pointer to the Code of Conduct's enforcement section (A-01). `forgelm@hodetech.io` does not resolve (NXDOMAIN at the TLD's own servers); the address is pre-existing in CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md and its replacement is a separate decision. - check_readme_links / check_source_path_refs: cover GOVERNANCE.md, MAINTAINERS.md, SECURITY.md and CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md, so the new root files are guarded the way the PR claimed (D-01, E-04). Tests updated for the wider surface set. - CODEOWNERS: remove the "an unresponsive owner cannot stall" claim, which is untrue with one maintainer (E-06), document last-match-wins (F-03), and pin the scaffolding paths so an area owner cannot silently take them (B-07). - CITATION.cff: correct the rationale comment — _version.py carries no version literal (it reads pyproject via importlib.metadata) and tools/update_site_version.py already guards the site copy (C-01, F-13); align the abstract with README's "audit trail" wording (C-05); ship the file in the sdist via MANIFEST.in (C-08). - GOVERNANCE.md: state the actual merge conditions instead of "one maintainer approval merges them" (A-02, F-01); point at the roadmap's product principles rather than restating a conflicting trio (A-09); drop the unverifiable attribution paragraph (A-21). - MAINTAINERS.md: questions belong in Discussions, not the issue tracker (A-16); one 72-hour reply target shared with SECURITY.md instead of two SLAs (A-17); the areas column mirrors the `area:` label vocabulary (A-19). - documentation.yml / config.yml: distinct chooser entries (F-06, E-08), EN and TR only since no other mirror exists (B-06, F-07), and a page-level placeholder (F-09). - CHANGELOG.md: record the additions under [Unreleased] (D-05). - README.md: link GOVERNANCE.md, MAINTAINERS.md and CITATION.cff (E-07, F-12). Not addressed here, pending a decision: the Dependabot scope (B-01/B-02/D-02), the reviewer role (A-04/F-10), maintainer access and continuity (F-02/A-03/A-06), and whether CITATION.cff should carry version/date (C-01 option b).
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The Sourcery thread on this line was right about the ambiguity: "the target release is single-sourced in forgelm/config.py" does not say which of the file's constants. Name DEPRECATION_REMOVAL_VERSION (forgelm/config.py:35) and the release standard that governs the sequence (A-12).
- dependabot.yml: `versioning-strategy: widen`, because ForgeLM declares bounded ranges with no lockfile, so the default `increase` is a no-op on every floor the ceiling already covers (B-01, D-02). Ignore ruff/mypy/bandit: their `[dev]` range must equal the one ci.yml's lint job installs (tests/test_packaging.py), and Dependabot edits only pyproject.toml, so a bump would fail that test on arrival (B-02). Group github-actions minor/patch (B-04). Correct the comment that claimed a pinned dependency, and note the stale requirements*.txt files it will still bump (F-05). - GOVERNANCE.md: remove the Reviewer role — it had no GitHub permission, no owner and no removal path, and "reviewer" already means something else in code-review.md (A-04, F-10). Add an Access and continuity section that records the single-owner gap as a gap rather than promising a fix (F-02, A-03, A-06). Soften the maintainer invitation into an offer the project makes when it needs one, not a reward for a merge count (A-15). - CONTRIBUTING.md and the documentation template: say that a maintainer completes the Turkish mirror when the contributor does not write Turkish, rather than leaving it to be discovered at review (F-08, B-12).
GOVERNANCE.md, MAINTAINERS.md and CITATION.cff land on `development` first, and `development` is the repository's default branch, so a `blob/main/…` link 404s for up to a release cycle. Point the three new links at `development`, matching the existing CONTRIBUTING.md and docs/standards links. Widening the link form would have cost the on-disk resolution check, so `check_readme_links` now strips `blob/development/…` as well as `blob/main/…` back to a repo-relative path. Link count resolved rises 126 → 129 (CodeRabbit thread on README.md:196).
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Summary
Adds the repository files a public project is expected to carry, so a new contributor can find the rules and the ownership map without asking anyone — and widens two guards so the new root files are actually checked rather than assumed clean.
No behaviour change: no Python under
forgelm/, no dependencies, no config keys.Related issues
Refs #500, #465 — the two open issues on GitHub Actions versions and mutable action tags; the
github-actionsentry independabot.ymlis the closest thing in the backlog to them.This pull request resolves no issue. It was raised as a direct task rather than found in the backlog, which is also why it opens without a preceding issue; happy to file one and re-link if the project would rather keep that rule absolute.
Opened from the review of this PR, for work it does not do:
CITATION.cffcarries no release version or daterequirements*.txtfilesChanges
CITATION.cff— makes ForgeLM citable through GitHub's "Cite this repository" panel.versionanddate-releasedare deliberately omitted: the released version is single-sourced inpyproject.toml, the site's copy is guarded bytools/update_site_version.py --check, and this file is not one of that tool's targets, so a version here would be an un-guarded duplicate. Tracked in CITATION.cff carries no release version or date — wire it into the release tooling, or add a DOI for citable releases #967, with a Zenodo DOI as the durable answer..github/CODEOWNERS— routes review requests. It does not gate a merge: whether a review is required before merging is a branch-protection setting, not something an entry here turns on. The file documents that the rules are last-match-wins, so an area owner is added below*rather than replacing it, and pins the scaffolding paths so an area owner cannot silently take them..github/dependabot.yml— dependency updates arrive as reviewed pull requests.versioning-strategy: widen, because the project declares bounded ranges with no lockfile, so the defaultincreaseis a no-op on every floor the ceiling already covers.ruff,mypyandbanditare ignored:tests/test_packaging.pyrequires their[dev]range to equal the oneci.ymlinstalls, and a bump would fail that test on arrival. Python and Actions minor/patch bumps are grouped; majors stay individual.GOVERNANCE.md— the maintainer-led model, the role ladder (contributor → maintainer; the undefined "reviewer" rung is gone), how decisions are made, the actual merge conditions, and an Access and continuity section that records the single-owner gap as a gap rather than promising a fix.MAINTAINERS.md— the current maintainer, the areas, and the reply cadence: questions go to Discussions, and the initial-reply target is the same 72 hoursSECURITY.mdcommits to..github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/documentation.yml— documentation reports get a form; the chooser previously offered only a bug and a feature form. It no longer offers two entries named "Documentation", and it says that a maintainer completes the Turkish mirror when the contributor does not write Turkish.CONTRIBUTING.md— the same mirror sentence, where a contributor reads it before opening a pull request rather than at review.tools/check_readme_links.py,tools/check_source_path_refs.py— the two guards that check links and prose source paths now coverGOVERNANCE.md,MAINTAINERS.md,SECURITY.mdandCODE_OF_CONDUCT.md, not onlyREADME.mdandCONTRIBUTING.md. The link guard also resolvesblob/development/…URLs, not justblob/main/….README.md,CHANGELOG.md,.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config.yml,MANIFEST.in— link the new files (ondevelopment, where they land first), record the change under[Unreleased], give the issue chooser two distinct entries, and shipCITATION.cffin the sdist.Type
[ ]Bug fix — no behaviour changes[ ]New featureGOVERNANCE.md,MAINTAINERS.md,CITATION.cff, the issue template,README.mdlinks,CONTRIBUTING.md[ ]Refactoring / code qualitydependabot.yml,CODEOWNERS,MANIFEST.inTesting
Scope, stated honestly. Before this pull request, none of the guards below read
GOVERNANCE.mdorMAINTAINERS.mdas a link or path surface. An earlier version of this description listed eleven passing guards as evidence about those two files when none of them looked at them — an injected dead link, dead anchor or invented module path in either file would have passed all eleven. The two entries marked (new coverage) are the guards this PR changes so that they do inspect the new root files.check_readme_links.py --strict(new coverage) — 129 links across 6 surfaces, all resolve.check_source_path_refs.py --strict(new coverage) — 296 prose surfaces, every backticked source path exists.check_bilingual_parity,check_bilingual_code_blocks,check_tr_links_prefer_mirror,check_anchor_resolution,check_usermanual_self_contained,check_yaml_snippets,check_doc_numerical_claims,check_site_claims,check_module_size,check_ci_failure_masking,check_no_analysis_refs,check_release_record_sync,check_no_mutation_artifacts,check_strict_json_writers,check_audit_event_catalog,check_field_descriptions— all pass.pytest tests/— 5586 passed, 98 skipped, coverage 87.37 %.ruff format --check .andruff check .— clean (291 files already formatted).python3 -m forgelm --config config_template.yaml --dry-run— config is valid.CITATION.cff,dependabot.ymlanddocumentation.ymlparse as valid YAML;CITATION.cffcarries the required CFF keys.Not verified, and not claimable from CI: Dependabot's actual behaviour (it has never run here — the grouping, ignore and trigger assumptions are a reading of
dependabot-core, not an observation), the "Cite this repository" panel, and how the new form renders in the issue chooser. All three are visible only after merge.Testing checklist
pytest tests/passes — 5586 passed, 98 skippedruff check .passesruff format --check .passescheck_readme_linksfixture now creates every registered surface, so the wider surface set is exercisedpython -m forgelm --config config_template.yaml --dry-runworksChecklist
docs/standards/coding.mdGOVERNANCE.md,MAINTAINERS.md) alongsideCONTRIBUTING.md,SECURITY.mdandCODE_OF_CONDUCT.md, which the localization standard keeps English-only, so there is no mirror to updateconfig_template.yaml) updated if new config fields added — not applicable, no config fields added[Unreleased]if a user or library consumer can observe the change — added under### Added