Announcing the GNOME Project Handbook
I’m a firm believer in the importance of documentation for open source projects, particularly when it comes to onboarding new contributors. To attract and retain contributors, you need good docs.
Those docs aren’t just important for practical information on how to contribute (though that is important). They’re also important when it comes to understanding the more general aspects of a project, like how decisions are made, who the stakeholders are, what the history is, and so on. For new contributors, understanding these aspects of a project is essential to being able to participate. (They are also the aspects of a project that established contributors often take for granted.)