And I capture what votes I've seen so far. https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/Proposal+of+plugins+to+retire
And we can just use that as a record. On Nov 1, 2010, at 10:57 PM, Dennis Lundberg wrote: > On 2010-11-01 22:38, Jason van Zyl wrote: >> Can you put this in Confluence. > > Sure, I'll just wait for some feedback first, then I'll summarize it in > Confluence. Once the wrinkles are ironed out I'll move it to the site. > >> I think we should include the addition of plugins as well ... as that's how >> we got here in the first place. New plugins, if we ever add anymore, should >> require the same rigor going in. > > Do you mean that we should describe how high the bar is for new plugins > to enter? > >> >> On Nov 1, 2010, at 10:35 PM, Dennis Lundberg wrote: >> >>> Hi >>> >>> Given the discussions about retiring plugin I feel strongly that we need >>> to have a plan for doing so. There are bound to be differing opinions >>> about this, so see this as a starting point for discussions. When we get >>> to the point that we agree on the general process, I'll turn this >>> discussion into a document and put into our site. >>> >>> >>> 1. Propose a vote on the dev-list to retire a plugin. The vote should be >>> open for the standard 72 hours to allow people to voice their opinions. >>> Perhaps also send this to the users-list? >>> >>> >>> 2. Decide how to retire the plugin (don't know whether this should be a >>> vote or not, or perhaps incorporated into 1.). There are multiple >>> scenarios available. Two have been suggested in the other threads: >>> >>> 2.1 Move to retired area in svn >>> >>> 2.2 Move to mojo.codehaus.org >>> >>> please add more possible actions here >>> >>> >>> 3. Make one final release of the plugin before it goes away. This allows >>> us to make a clean break. The final release should have the site changed >>> so that SCM URLs are changed or removed to reflect the decision made >>> under 2. If the plugin is moved elsewhere a prominent notice should be >>> placed on the front page of the plugin's site. >>> >>> To respond to the inevitable "why bother" responses I hereby volunteer >>> to do all those releases, if no one else steps up. >>> >>> >>> 4. Announce the fact that the plugin has been retired/moved/whatever on >>> the [email protected] and [email protected] mailing lists. Explain to people what >>> they should do if they would like to help with the continued development >>> of the plugin at some other place. >>> >>> >>> >>> Opinions, comments are welcome >>> >>> -- >>> Dennis Lundberg >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >>> >> >> Thanks, >> >> Jason >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------- >> Jason van Zyl >> Founder, Apache Maven >> http://twitter.com/jvanzyl >> --------------------------------------------------------- >> >> In short, man creates for himself a new religion of a rational >> and technical order to justify his work and to be justified in it. >> >> -- Jacques Ellul, The Technological Society >> >> >> >> > > > -- > Dennis Lundberg > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > Thanks, Jason ---------------------------------------------------------- Jason van Zyl Founder, Apache Maven http://twitter.com/jvanzyl --------------------------------------------------------- happiness is like a butterfly: the more you chase it, the more it will elude you, but if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder ... -- Thoreau
