First draft for PRINCIPALS.md, MAINTAINERS.md

MAINTAINERS.md

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+# Maintainers of _NetBox Docker_
+
+This file lists all currently recognized maintainers of the _NetBox Docker_ project in alphabetical order:
+
+- @cimnine
+- @tobiasge
+
+## Stepping Down
+
+Every maintainer is a volunteer and may step down as maintainer at any time without providing any reason.
+To make this explicit, the maintainer is asked to update this file.
+
+The last maintainer stepping down is asked to archive the project on GitHub to indicate that the project is no longer maintained.
+
+## Signing up
+
+Everyone is welcome to sign up as maintainer by creating a PR and add their own username to the list.
+The current maintainers shall discuss the application.
+They may turn down an application.
+They shall provide a reason when doing so.

PRINCIPALS.md

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+# Development, Maintenance and Community Principals for _NetBox Docker_
+
+This principals shall guide the development and the maintenance of _NetBox Docker_.
+
+## Basic principals
+
+This project is maintained on voluntary basis.
+Everyone is asked to respect that.
+
+This means, that …
+
+- … sometimes features are not implemented as fast as one might like -- or not at all.
+- … sometimes nobody is looking at bugs or they are not fixed as fast as one might like -- or not at all.
+- … sometimes PRs are not reviewed for an extended period.
+
+Everyone is welcome to provide improvements and bug fixes to the benefit of everyone else.
+
+## Development Principals
+
+The goal of the _NetBox Docker_ project is to provide a container to run the basic NetBox project.
+The container should feel like a native container -- as if it were provided by NetBox itself:
+
+- Configuration via environment variables where feasible.
+- Configuration of secrets via secret files.
+- Log output to standard out (STDOUT/&1) / standard error (STDERR/&2).
+- Volumes for data and cache directories.
+- Runs a non-root user by default.
+- One process / role for each instance.
+
+There is one exception for the configuration:
+Whenever a `dict` is required as value of a configuration setting, then it must not be provided through an environment variable.
+
+The container generally does not provide more features than the basic NetBox project itself provides.
+It may provide additional Python dependencies than the upstream project, so that all features of NetBox can be used in the container.
+It may provide helpers, so that the container feels and behaves like a native container.
+
+The container does not come with pre-bundled plugins.
+
+## Maintenance Principals
+
+The main goals of maintainig _NetBox Docker_ are:
+
+- Keeping the project on a high quality level.
+- Keeping the maintenance effort minimal.
+- Coordinating development efforts.
+
+The following guidelines help us to achieve these goals:
+
+- As many maintenance tasks as possible shall be automated or scripted.
+- All manual tasks must be documented.
+- All changes are reviewed by at least one maintainer.
+  - Changes of maintainers are reviewed by at least one other maintainer.
+- The infrastructure beyond what GitHub provides shall be kept to a minimum.
+  - On request, every maintainer shall get access to infrastructure that is beyond GitHub (at the time of writing that's _Docker Hub_ and _Quay_ in particular).
+
+## Community Principals
+
+This project is developed by the NetBox community for the NetBox community.
+We welcome contributions, as long as they are in line with the principals above.
+
+The maintainers of NetBox Docker are not the support team.
+The community is expected to help each other out.

README.md

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 [![GitHub license](https://img.shields.io/github/license/netbox-community/netbox-docker)][netbox-docker-license]
 
 [The GitHub repository][netbox-docker-github] houses the components needed to build NetBox as a container.
-Images are built regularly using the code in that repository and are pushed to [Docker Hub][netbox-dockerhub], [Quay.io][netbox-quayio] and [GitHub Container Registry][netbox-ghcr].
+Images are built regularly using the code in that repository
+and are pushed to [Docker Hub][netbox-dockerhub],
+[Quay.io][netbox-quayio] and [GitHub Container Registry][netbox-ghcr].
+_NetBox Docker_ is a project developed and maintained by the _NetBox_ community.
 
 Do you have any questions?
 Before opening an issue on Github,
-please join [our Slack][netbox-docker-slack] and ask for help in the [`#netbox-docker`][netbox-docker-slack-channel] channel.
+please join [our Slack][netbox-docker-slack]
+and ask for help in the [`#netbox-docker`][netbox-docker-slack-channel] channel,
+or start a new [GitHub Discussion][github-discussions].
 
 [github-stargazers]: https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox-docker/stargazers
 [github-release]: https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox-docker/releases
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 [netbox-docker-slack-channel]: https://netdev-community.slack.com/archives/C01P0GEVBU7
 [netbox-slack-channel]: https://netdev-community.slack.com/archives/C01P0FRSXRV
 [netbox-docker-license]: https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox-docker/blob/release/LICENSE
+[github-discussions]: https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox-docker/discussions
 
 ## Quickstart
 
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 docker compose exec netbox /opt/netbox/netbox/manage.py createsuperuser
 ```
 
-If you need to restart Netbox from an empty database often, you can also set the `SUPERUSER_*` variables in your `docker-compose.override.yml` as shown in the example.
+If you need to restart Netbox from an empty database often,
+you can also set the `SUPERUSER_*` variables in your `docker-compose.override.yml`.
 
 [wiki-getting-started]: https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox-docker/wiki/Getting-Started
 
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 Feel free to ask questions in our [GitHub Community][netbox-community]
 or [join our Slack][netbox-docker-slack] and ask [in our channel `#netbox-docker`][netbox-docker-slack-channel],
-which is free to use and where there are almost always people online that can help you in the Slack channel.
+which is free to use and where there are almost always people online that can help you.
 
 If you need help with using NetBox or developing for it or against it's API
 you may find [the `#netbox` channel][netbox-slack-channel] on the same Slack instance very helpful.
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 ## Updating
 
 Please read [the release notes][releases] carefully when updating to a new image version.
-Note that the version of the NetBox Docker container image must stay in sync with the code.
+Note that the version of the NetBox Docker container image must stay in sync with the version of the git repository.
 
 If you update for the first time, be sure [to follow our _How To Update NetBox Docker_ guide in the wiki][netbox-docker-wiki-updating].
 
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 ## Rebuilding the Image
 
-`./build.sh` can be used to rebuild the container image. See `./build.sh --help` for more information.
+`./build.sh` can be used to rebuild the container image.
+See `./build.sh --help` for more information or `./build-latest.sh` for an example.
 
 For more details on custom builds [consult our wiki][netbox-docker-wiki-build].
 
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 ## Tests
 
 We have a test script.
-It runs NetBox's own unit tests and ensures that all initializers work:
+It runs NetBox's own unit tests and ensures that NetBox starts:
 
 ```bash
-IMAGE=netboxcommunity/netbox:latest ./test.sh
+IMAGE=docker.io/netboxcommunity/netbox:latest ./test.sh
 ```
 
 ## Support
 
 This repository is currently maintained by the community.
+The community is expected to help each other.
+
 Please consider sponsoring the maintainers of this project.