I agree that we should only advertise active components. I wonder if we could get the karma to create a GitHub "project" to group all Commons repositories or if infra has to do that for us. That would alleviate the need for the table in readme.md pages.
Gary On Mon, Oct 2, 2023, 9:10 AM sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, 2 Oct 2023 at 13:30, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Mon, Oct 2, 2023 at 8:04 AM sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > On Mon, 2 Oct 2023 at 11:34, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > > My intent was to advertise the breadth of Commons without forcing > users > > > > away from GitHub but instead let them jump to another github repo > directly. > > > > > > The problem is that the list gets out of date and needs a lot of > > > ongoing manual maintenance. > > > > I'm not sure I buy that argument. The only change that's happened that > > I can recall is our recent decision to make [functor] and [ognl] > > dormant. > > I agree that's how I found the issue. > > However, the list did not contain OGNL, and it contained Signing, > which was retired ages ago. > > So it was already out of date (and see below). > > > If that's how you want to advertise Commons to the wider > > GitHub world, then go for it ;-) > > Do we really want to advertise dormant/retired/sandbox/internal > projects in this way? > > For example, > https://github.com/apache/commons-lang#apache-commons-components > currently includes Signing, which has a link to a non-existent > website. > > I've also just noticed that the template links to Graph which is in the > Sandbox. > > There are also links to internal components such as the Build Plugin > and Commons Parent. > As well as Testing - status unknown (and no website AFAICT) > > > Gary > > > > > > > > > Gary > > > > > > > > On Mon, Oct 2, 2023, 5:05 AM sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > The Build Plugin currently includes a list of components in the > README > > > > > template. > > > > > > > > > > This duplicates information provided elsewhere, and gets out of > date. > > > > > > > > > > Since this info is in every GH repo, any changes also need to be > > > > > applied to every one of them, to ensure they are up to date. > > > > > > > > > > This is an unnecessary maintenance burden. > > > > > > > > > > I think this local list should be dropped, and replaced with a > link to > > > > > the main website. > > > > > > > > > > Sebb > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > >
