I agree that the final release should be optional. I would also add that the site must be updated to say the plugin is retired whether it is moved somewhere else or not.
Ralph On Dec 15, 2010, at 3:17 PM, Brett Porter wrote: > > On 16/12/2010, at 10:00 AM, Dennis Lundberg wrote: > >> On 2010-12-15 23:03, Jesse Farinacci wrote: >>> Greetings, >>> >>> On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 4:52 PM, Dennis Lundberg <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/Proposal+--+A+creation+and+retirement+plan+for+plugins >>> >>>> From the proposal: >>> >>> 2. Make one final release of the plugin before it is retired. This >>> allows us to make a clean break. The final release must change the POM >>> so that SCM URLs are removed or changed to reflect the decision made >>> in the vote. If the plugin is moved elsewhere a prominent notice must >>> be placed on the front page of the plugin's site. The person who wants >>> to retire a plugin is the one who does the final release. >>> >>> This seems wrong to me. Why would we make a final release from the >>> official Maven forge and yet have an SCM which points somewhere else? >>> This seems really misleading; certainly more-so than a future user >>> going to the (now defunct) SCM and not finding the plugin and having >>> to do some enlightenment work about where the release is now. >> >> Right, removing the Source Repository *report* is probably the best way >> to go. > > Agree. > > I'd also make the release preferred but optional - there's a good chance you > won't get the energy to do that if there's not energy to continue. It > probably is on a case by case basis of how many changes have been made on > trunk since and if they are valuable to release. > > I think we can also now recommend apache-extras.org as a suitable forge along > with mojo. > > I'm +1 to the proposal with or without those changes. > > - Brett > > -- > Brett Porter > [email protected] > http://brettporter.wordpress.com/ > http://au.linkedin.com/in/brettporter > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
