Which factor is NOT considered by the TOC when assessing a project's maturity?

Which factor is NOT considered by the TOC when assessing a project's maturity?

• A. Number of commits from core maintainers
• B. Demonstrating adoption
• C. Healthy rate of changes
• D. External committers from different organisations and implementation of CNCF Code of Conduct

Answer: (A)

Maturity is judged by how widely a project is adopted, how its governance supports a healthy, inclusive community, and how continuously it remains well-maintained. The sheer number of commits from core maintainers doesn’t by itself indicate maturity. A project could have many commits from a few people but lack broad adoption, diverse contribution, or formal governance practices. What does signal maturity are factors like showing real adoption in the ecosystem, a healthy cadence of changes that demonstrates ongoing maintenance, and contributions from external committers across different organizations along with a CNCF Code of Conduct in place. These give a reliable picture of a sustainable, well-governed project, which is what the TOC looks for when assessing maturity.

Maturity is judged by how widely a project is adopted, how its governance supports a healthy, inclusive community, and how continuously it remains well-maintained. The sheer number of commits from core maintainers doesn’t by itself indicate maturity. A project could have many commits from a few people but lack broad adoption, diverse contribution, or formal governance practices.

What does signal maturity are factors like showing real adoption in the ecosystem, a healthy cadence of changes that demonstrates ongoing maintenance, and contributions from external committers across different organizations along with a CNCF Code of Conduct in place. These give a reliable picture of a sustainable, well-governed project, which is what the TOC looks for when assessing maturity.