On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 8:49 AM, Alan Cabrera <l...@toolazydogs.com> wrote: > Do you think it would be helpful if we had a tool that generated these > files? It could work like a command line wizard that prompts the person for > licensing information and then generates a valid disclaimer, notice, etc. > files. > > If this is a good idea, what files should we generate? Currently, all I can > think of is disclaimer and notice. > > Maybe it could add the info into the project's DOAP file. If we worked out > the kinks then we could create sbt/gradle/mvn plugins to read the DOAP file > and insert these files into the correct places in the distributions. Apache > RAT could also use this info as well. > > WDYT?
I concur with sebb on the extreme challenges of auto-generating NOTICE -- which is a shame because I'd really love it if the Incubator could benefit when you're inspired to write tooling. One thing I think we could use is a tool which parses mbox archives in people.apache.org:/home/apmail/ and generates statistics: * Total emails sent per list (a measure of activity) * Unique addresses participating (a measure of diversity) * Emails sent by Mentors (a measure of Mentor engagement) We expend a lot of volunteer energy on shepherding each month, and I think such an automated tool could help to free up some of that energy for other tasks. There are two main functions for shepherding: 1. Alert the IPMC to podlings which have gone adrift. 2. Provide an outsider view. (I'd add a #3: being exposed to new communities benefits the shepherd, but that varies by individual.) I think that purpose #1 could largely be accomplished using email stats. I don't know if this is something you'd feel motivated to work on, but I thought it was worth mentioning because your original proposal would save time and energy and so would this. Marvin Humphrey --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
