# pyOpenSci GitHub Permissions

## GitHub teams
pyOpenSci uses [GitHub Teams](https://docs.github.com/en/organizations/organizing-members-into-teams/about-teams) to allocate permissions to contributors on GitHub. pyOpenSci currently has [four active teams](https://github.com/orgs/pyOpenSci/teams):

* [the Editorial Board](https://github.com/orgs/pyOpenSci/teams/editorial-board)
* [the Packaging Council](https://github.com/orgs/pyOpenSci/teams/packaging-council)
* [pyOpenSci Repo Maintainers](https://github.com/orgs/pyOpenSci/teams/pyos-repo-maintainers)
* [the Translation Council](https://github.com/orgs/pyOpenSci/teams/translation-council)

## Team repository access

Each of the teams has access to the following pyOpenSci repositories:

### Editorial Board

These are individuals who serve on the pyOpenSci [Editorial Board](https://www.pyopensci.org/our-community/#pyopensci-community-contributors).

* [software-peer-review repository](https://github.com/pyOpenSci/software-peer-review)
* [software-submission](https://github.com/pyOpenSci/software-submission)
* [pyopensci.github.io repository](https://github.com/pyOpenSci/pyopensci.github.io)

### Packaging Council

These are members who are actively working on our packaging projects and translation in the organization.

* [python-package-guide repository](https://www.pyopensci.org/python-package-guide/)
* [pyosPackage repository](https://github.com/pyOpenSci/pyosPackage)
* [pyos-package-template](https://github.com/pyOpenSci/pyos-package-template)

### pyOpenSci Repo Maintainers

This is a team with folks who have access to manage issues and such across our repositories.

* [software-peer-review repository](https://github.com/pyOpenSci/software-peer-review)
* [python-package-guide repository](https://www.pyopensci.org/python-package-guide/)
* [pyosMeta repository](https://github.com/pyOpenSci/pyosMeta)
* [pyopensci.github.io repository](https://github.com/pyOpenSci/pyopensci.github.io)
* [pyos-sphinx-theme](https://github.com/pyOpenSci/pyos-sphinx-theme)

### Translation Council

These are people working on translations across our repos. There are currently no repos assigned to the translations team.

## How permissions are granted

We liberally grant access to our GitHub repos to pyOpenSci community members. When we see a contributor actively engaging, we add them to the appropriate teams.

To learn more about how pyOpenSci uses GitHub, please refer to our [GitHub processes page](https://www.pyopensci.org/handbook/community/github/intro.html), in particular the [GitHub Issue Guidelines](https://www.pyopensci.org/handbook/community/github/issues.html) and [Pull Requests](https://www.pyopensci.org/handbook/community/github/pull-requests.html) sections.