Hi Emmanuel,

On 3.11.2025 17:08, Emmanuel Bourg wrote:
> And I suggest disabling dependabot on components last released more
> than 2 years ago. For example Digester last released 14 years ago
> doesn't need weekly dependency updates.


Dependabot actually pauses automatically after about 90 days of
inactivity (see this blog post [1]). However, this relies on some
collective discipline: we should avoid interacting with Dependabot
unless the repository itself shows recent, non-trivial activity.

I’d like to suggest the following approach: let’s ignore Dependabot PRs
until one of the following happens:

- A new non-Dependabot PR is opened in the repository, or
- We commit other changes to the repository.

At that point, we can review and merge the pending Dependabot updates as
part of the regular maintenance.


Piotr

[1]
https://github.blog/security/supply-chain-security/a-smarter-quieter-dependabot/

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