On Feb 10, 2014, at 12:48 PM, Marvin Humphrey <mar...@rectangular.com> wrote:
> 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. Yeah, when we were sorting things out in a podling the idea hit me in the head. > 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) Yeah, I’m working on that as we speak. I have a project called Panopticon in Apache Labs. I’m currently working on mailing list moderator tools that allow moderation at the command line. Go check it out! > 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 > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
