The candidate list of badges proposed in Candidate List of Badges and Associated Project Lifecycle Stages are now somewhat obsolete, given the specific health indicators that can be tracked in a quantitative manner using OpenSSF scorecards as shown by David Enyeart in the following meeting (see Meeting Minutes.)
The need for extra badges, along with the additional overhead their maintenance will impose on maintainers as well as the TOC, is not apparent now. But the need for clear-cut criteria for lifecycle transitions (forward or regression) for projects is still necessary.
Based on the new project lifecycle diagram created by the TOC in December 2023, here is an initial set of criteria for discussion.
