On Wed, 6 Sept 2023 at 13:51, Michael Sokolov <msoko...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Perhaps if we used the information in these files to drive creation of
> the board report templates in whimsy, projects would have some
> stronger incentive to keep them up to date? Or ... maybe we do that
> already? I'm not sure though because for example we provide
>
>     <repository>
>       <GitRepository>
>         <location
> rdf:resource="https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene.git"/>
>       </GitRepository>
>     </repository>
>
> Yet whimsy's reports on number of commits for the Lucene project
> doesn't seem to be observing that repo, but rather some other ones.

Whimsy does not report on commit counts.
Perhaps you mean reporter?

> On Tue, Sep 5, 2023 at 12:21 PM sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, 5 Sept 2023 at 16:28, <rbo...@rcbowen.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Tue, 2023-09-05 at 17:11 +0200, Martijn Dashorst wrote:
> > > > I think a lot of DOAP files may be out of date as well. At least for
> > > > Wicket
> > > > we have moved our site SCM from svn to git a long time ago, but
> > > > didn't
> > > > realise that project.a.o needed updating.
> > > >
> > > > Suffice to say, Wicket has had several (major and minor) releases
> > > > since
> > > > 2015-02-02...
> > >
> > > Hmm. Isn't that information available somewhere else, without having to
> > > manually update a file?
> > >
> > > But, yeah, this is a great point. Thanks for mentioning it.
> >
> > The DOAP syntax allows for a lot of data that is better stored elsewhere.
> >
> > The bits that are unique to the DOAP are less likely to change, for example:
> > - pmc
> > - short and long description
> > - language(s)
> > - category(ies)
> > - homepage
> > - standard(s) if any
> >
> > I think these are the most important from the point of view of showing
> > the range of projects at the ASF and enabling people to find a project
> > that suits their interests and skills.
> >
> > I doubt it will ever be possible to ensure that fields like releases
> > are kept up to date.
> > It should be possible to get an idea of releases from the distribution
> > repo (though the file naming can make that a bit of a challenge!)
> >
> > Likewise the SVM and download URLs should be readily available from
> > the homepage.
> >
> >
> > > --Rich
> > >
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