Docs: add info about maintaining worlds (#1838)
* Docs: add info about mainting worlds * Docs: fix typos in world maintainer * Docs: commit suggestions into world maintainers Thanks Joethepic and Silvris * Docs: fix more typos in world maintainer * Docs: more typos * Docs: world maintainers link to core maintainers * Docs: world maintainers voting on discord * Docs: add 'world maintainer' link to 'adding games' * Docs: unmaintained worlds in 'disabled' * Docs: world maintainer update from review Thanks LegendaryLinux * Doc: rephrase world maintainer voting
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# World Maintainer
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A world maintainer is a person responsible for a world or part of a world in Archipelago.
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If a world author does not want to take on the responsibilities of a world maintainer, they can release their world as
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an unofficial [APWorld](/docs/apworld%20specification.md) or maintain their own fork instead.
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## Responsibilities
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Unless these are shared between multiple people, we expect the following from each world maintainer
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* Be on our Discord to get updates on problems with and suggestions for the world.
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* Decide if a feature (pull request) should be merged.
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* Review contents of such pull requests or organize peer reviews or post that you did not review the content.
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* Fix or point out issues when core changes break your code.
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* Use the watch function on GitHub, the #github-updates channel on Discord or check manually from time to time for new
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pull requests. Core maintainers may also ping you if a pull request concerns your world.
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* Test (or have tested) the world on the main branch from time to time, especially during RC (release candidate) phases
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of development.
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* Let us know of long unavailabilities.
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## Becoming a World Maintainer
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### Adding a World
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When we merge your world into the core Archipelago repository, you automatically become world maintainer unless you
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nominate someone else (i.e. there are multiple devs).
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### Getting Voted
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When a world is unmaintained, the [core maintainers](https://github.com/orgs/ArchipelagoMW/people)
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can vote for a new maintainer if there is a candidate.
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For a vote to pass, the majority of participating core maintainers must vote in the affirmative.
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The time limit is 1 week, but can end early if the majority is reached earlier.
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Voting shall be conducted on Discord in #archipelago-dev.
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## Dropping out
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### Resigning
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A world maintainer can resign. If no new maintainer steps up and gets voted, the world becomes unmaintained.
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### Getting Voted out
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A world maintainer can be voted out by the [core maintainers](https://github.com/orgs/ArchipelagoMW/people),
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for example when they become unreachable.
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For a vote to pass, the majority of participating core maintainers must vote in the affirmative.
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The time limit is 2 weeks, but can end early if the majority is reached earlier AND the world maintainer was pinged and
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made their case or was pinged and has been unreachable for more than 2 weeks already.
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Voting shall be conducted on Discord in #archipelago-dev. Commits that are a direct result of the voting shall include
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date, voting members and final result in the commit message.
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## Handling of Unmaintained Worlds
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As long as worlds are known to work for the most part, they can stay included. Once a world becomes broken it shall be
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moved from `worlds/` to `worlds_disabled/`.
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