# 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. Our main
[teams](https://github.com/orgs/pyOpenSci/teams) are:

* [the peer review team](https://github.com/orgs/pyOpenSci/teams/peer-review-team), the parent of our editorial teams (see [editorial teams](editorial-teams))
* [the Packaging Council](https://github.com/orgs/pyOpenSci/teams/packaging-council)
* [pyOpenSci maintainers](https://github.com/orgs/pyOpenSci/teams/pyopensci-repository-maintainers)
* [the Translation Council](https://github.com/orgs/pyOpenSci/teams/translation-council)
* [the Lesson Development team](https://github.com/orgs/pyOpenSci/teams/lesson-development)

## 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/about-peer-review/index.html#meet-our-editorial-board).

* [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)

Being on an editorial team does two separate things: it can give someone
repository access, and it decides whether they're listed on the editorial board
page. See [editorial teams](editorial-teams) for which team does what, who can
change them, and how to add or remove an editor.

### Packaging council

These are members who are actively working on our packaging projects 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)

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### pyOpenSci repository maintainers

The pyOpenSci maintainers team has access to manage issues and
operational tasks across pyOpenSci repositories. For a complete
description of this team's responsibilities, see the [pyOpenSci
maintainers role definition](pyopensci-maintainers) in our organizational
structure documentation.

[View the complete list of repositories accessible to the pyOpenSci
repository maintainers team on
GitHub](https://github.com/orgs/pyOpenSci/teams/pyopensci-repository-maintainers).

### 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](intro), in particular the [GitHub Issue Guidelines](issues)
and [Pull Requests](pull-requests) sections.