On Wed, Dec 29, 2021 at 9:07 AM sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, 29 Dec 2021 at 13:54, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > One critical feature is that dependabot does all the builds for you on > > GitHub Actions, this is an enormous time and resource saver! > > Not at all. > Just the reverse. > > It does NOT save resources, because it runs builds for updates that > are not necessary at that point in time (or ever, in some cases). > > Nor does it same time, because the the noise that it generates. > >
> Please stop pretending that Dependabot does things it does not (and > likely cannot) do. > Oh, boy, Sebb, it feels like you are purposely misunderstanding my POV. It's as simple as I stated: If Dependabot detects that a new version of a dependency is available, creates a branch, runs a build, tells me the result and I have a PR I can merge, *that is all work and time *I* do not have to do manually! Why is that so hard to understand?* Gary > > Gary > > > > On Wed, Dec 29, 2021, 08:51 Rob Tompkins <chtom...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > On Dec 29, 2021, at 8:45 AM, Romain Manni-Bucau < > rmannibu...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > @Rob: dependabot is mainly about dependencies upgrades and it is > also > > > why > > > > it is so chatty and has so much false positives. > > > > > > Yes, I am well aware. But I do not see how a robot telling you to > simply > > > upgrade is a problem? > > > > > > Maybe I’m missing something but my impression is that’s what dependabot > > > does right? Tell you you need to upgrade? > > > > > > -Rob > > > > > > > If you want to focus on > > > > CVE then setting up on the CI > > > > https://sonatype.github.io/ossindex-maven/maven-plugin/ is way more > > > > efficient and accurate (basically when it fails you must act) so > > > dependabot > > > > is a great reporting tool for managers but not to work on an everyday > > > basis > > > > IMHO until it is very finely configure but commons is far to need so > much > > > > investment since there already have solutions for everything needed > IMHO. > > > > > > > > Romain Manni-Bucau > > > > @rmannibucau <https://twitter.com/rmannibucau> | Blog > > > > <https://rmannibucau.metawerx.net/> | Old Blog > > > > <http://rmannibucau.wordpress.com> | Github < > > > https://github.com/rmannibucau> | > > > > LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/rmannibucau> | Book > > > > < > > > > https://www.packtpub.com/application-development/java-ee-8-high-performance > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> Le mer. 29 déc. 2021 à 14:39, Rob Tompkins <chtom...@gmail.com> a > > > écrit : > > > >> > > > >> Guys. I think dependabot is our greatest advantage in the work > against > > > >> security problems. I know she has her failings and is chatty. But, I > > > think > > > >> we should open a line of thinking about how best she can help. > > > >> > > > >> The reason she’s a pain in the ass is that we don’t have enough > hands on > > > >> the project making it better. I know I would help more, but I have > to > > > keep > > > >> up with my father who’s a quadriplegic as well as a currently > failing > > > >> marriage. > > > >> > > > >> The answer is that we need more hands on the project. I wish I > could be > > > >> those hands but time and priorities keep me chained. > > > >> > > > >> Cheers, > > > >> -Rob > > > >> > > > >>> On Dec 29, 2021, at 8:26 AM, Gilles Sadowski <gillese...@gmail.com > > > > > >> wrote: > > > >>> > > > >>> Le mer. 29 déc. 2021 à 12:18, Thomas Vandahl <t...@apache.org> a > écrit > > > : > > > >>>> > > > >>>> +1 > > > >>>> Thank you, Phil. This thing is a P.I.T.A. > > > >>> > > > >>> In effect, from day one: > > > >>> https://markmail.org/message/2vutc4p3b3eqv73f > > > >>> > > > >>> Basically, the argument is that > > > >>> * the (dependabot) feature is too important to be disabled > > > >>> * the annoyed people should filter out those mails (which I > > > >>> did since no one at the time supported that they be diverted > > > >>> to another ML). > > > >>> Did anything change since then? > > > >>> [Or do we eventually question the general anomaly that code > > > >>> discussions have been almost completely off-loaded to GH?] > > > >>> > > > >>> Gilles > > > >>> > > > >>>> > > > >>>>>> Am 28.12.2021 um 19:20 schrieb Phil Steitz < > phil.ste...@gmail.com>: > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> I can no longer effectively monitor commits@ due to the spam > > > >> generated by this tool. I am afraid my eyeballs aren't the only > ones > > > going > > > >> missing here and that is a problem much more severe than any value > > > provided > > > >> by this tool, IMO. > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> Phil > > > >>>> > > > >>>> Bye, Thomas > > > >>> > > > >>> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > >>> 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 > >
