Overview of Proposal

One of the motivations for projects to get to Active status is that being in Active status is a requirement for having a "First Major Release". The reason for this requirement is that historically First Major Releases have been associated with significant Hyperledger expenses related to performing a security audit, getting approval from the TSC, and engaging in communication activities to promote the release. At the same time meeting all the Incubation Exit criteria can be challenging for projects even though the software they are producing might be well developed enough to otherwise qualify for a first major release.

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Replace "Major Release" with "Promoted Release" (whether First or subsequent).

A promoted release is a release of an active HL project with extensive support by the HL organization. This support typically includes things like a security audit, a licence scan, legal review, and official marketing. It is important to note that this is not exclusive and such activities may be conducted at other times at the discretion of the TSC and/or LF staff.

The criteria for Promoted Releases remain the same as the ones currently defined for First Major Release and but Promoted Releases remain subject to TSC approvaldo not require explicit approval from TSC.

Projects in Incubation can have major releases that are not Promoted Releases. Conversely, Promoted Releases are not limited to major releases.Besides, replace "Committer" with "Maintainer" in Incubation Exit Criteria

Promoted Releases are expected to be initiated at the request of the projects.

Action Items

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Reviewed By

•  Angelo de Caro
•  Arnaud J LE HORS
•  Christopher Ferris
•  Dan Middleton
•  Gari Singh
•  Hart Montgomery
•  Mark Wagner (Deactivated)
•  Nathan George
•  Swetha Repakula
•  Tracy Kuhrt
•  Troy Ronda

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