https://django-commons.org/tags/sustainability/Recent content in Sustainability on Django CommonsHugoen-USDjango CommonsWed, 14 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://django-commons.org/blog/posts/2026-10-14-policy-changes-for-better-community-maintenance/Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://django-commons.org/blog/posts/2026-10-14-policy-changes-for-better-community-maintenance/<p>The Django Commons Admins Team adopted <a href="https://django-commons.org/governance/project-maintenance/">new governance policies around project maintenance</a> and a <a href="https://github.com/django-commons/.github/blob/main/SECURITY.md">new default security policy</a>.</p> <p>These changes were made to empower our organization to support our community-maintained packages.</p> <h2 id="project-maintenance-governance">Project Maintenance Governance</h2> <p>Originally, Django Commons would only accept actively maintained projects. These changes allow the organization to accept projects that are archived or lack active project admins. It also defines what the Django Commons Admins can do when a maintainer is no longer active. A project is considered dormant when, for example, its project admins have been inactive for six months, or it hasn&rsquo;t had a release within six months of a new major Django version.</p>