Transfer this repository to a dedicated GitHub organization

[mumoshu]

I'd like to have one step further to maintain Helmfile better, by moving this repository to a GitHub organization https://github.com/helmfile.

This project has originally been created by awesome @roboll and the repository has been owned by him since then. Much appreciation to @roboll about that!

I don't really mind who literally owns the repository but recently I got some motivation to have administrative privilege on this repo myself to do:

• Enable and use GitHub Discussions for better place to discuss about ideas and get community support
• Enable Stale(https://github.com/apps/stale) to help to triage ever-growing number of issues remaining abandoned/unanswered.
• Enable and use GitHub Actions for CI
• Setup a documentation site Publish documentation #1755

A side benefit of moving to our own organization would be that we now have the ability to add more maintainers. As we are not funded or sponsored as a group/organization, I guess no one would like to afford one's spare time like I do to maintain Helmfile. But if anyone is interested in helping Helmfile as an additional maintainer, reach me out after we successfully moved to an org.

I've also wondered if moving this repository to my own GitHub account (possible only when roboll agrees, of course). But my account is already super crowded with many projects making it harder to reach Helmfile, and I see no clear benefit for the community having it under my GitHub account. I'd go with a GitHub organization then.

Note that this doesn't relate to, or affect our potential move to CNCF/Helm org #758. I'll keep considering moving to CNCF/Helm because it would provide some (still vague) user benefit.

But in the shorter-term though, what I want is something that helps me maintaining Helmfile easier and more efficiently today, hence moving to our own GitHub organization.

If there's no strong objection, I'd really like this to happen. If you could leave any comments, it would be great.

Anyway, I'll start by talking with @roboll about it's something He wants to do in the first place.

[mumoshu]

One more thing I'd like to do once we moved to a GitHub org is to transfer projects like:

• https://github.com/mumoshu/terraform-provider-helmfile
• https://github.com/variantdev/vals
• https://github.com/variantdev/chartify

All these are tightly coupled to Helmfile and making it visible to everyone for open collaboration would be beneficial.

[renehernandez]

I am happy to step up into a more active role. I can help oversee documentation improvements plus the helmfile unittest integration initially. And later on expand into other areas

[andrewnazarov]

And it opens the possibility to sponsor this Github organization harbouring Helmfile and the company:)

[wi1dcard]

I'm willing to be one of the maintainers of Helmfile. I can help with CI, GitHub Actions, and maybe documentation localization. Really excited seeing Helmfile is going to move another significant step further!

[mumoshu]

@roboll Hey! Have you had any chance to consider this move?

[mumoshu]

@roboll I hope you are well 😃

[z0rc]

Seems @roboll is MIA. At this case the only viable option to move this project ahead is forking.

[z0rc]

#2043 (comment)

I don't have much slack in my life these days to allow me to work on it soon

It's sad to see that single active maintainer is overwhelmed with support activity. This is pressing matter and helmfile needs more people to maintain and support it. But with current owner that is MIA, it becomes really dreadful situation. Please consider forking this project in dedicated org.

[yxxhero]

any update? this is a good idea.

[mumoshu]

I just submitted a query to where GitHub folks can see, to ask what options other than forking exist. Maybe it takes at least several days to settle, so I would appreciate it if you could hold on a bit.
I hope that would be the final step until we commit to fork 🙏

[roboll]

I don’t follow the project much anymore. If there are permissions I can grant for the repo i am happy to do so. I don’t have any interest in moving the repo, so otherwise please feel free to fork.

Thanks again to @mumoshu for all of the maintainership and hard work, and good luck with the future of the project.

[z0rc]

So fork it is then.