On 12/14/2015 09:32 AM, Sam Ruby wrote: > On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 9:19 AM, Rich Bowen <[email protected]> > wrote: >>> >>> On 12/11/2015 09:07 PM, Sam Ruby wrote: >>>>> I'm curious, why was this link added to the whimsy page? >>> >>> Because there's other mailing list tool links there, and I >>> always go there for that, and then smack my head in irritation. >>> Like, several times a month. I'm a slow learner. >>> >>> Is there an objection to having it there? Feel free to revert >>> it if you feel that there's some reason *not* to have it. > We probably need to add some verbiage to the link and/or address > what you are looking for more directly, probably either via > http://www.apache.org/dev/ or a page linked off that page. > Recapping: > > 1) That page lists applications maintained by the whimsy PMC. > mail-search is not maintained by the whimsy PMC. > > 2) The page itself is maintained by the whimsy PMC, of which you > are not (yet? <grin>) a member, yet you changed it. > > 3) The SVN repository is in the process of being replaced by a git > repository which is synchronized with GitHub. The change you made > is not present in the the new repository. > > 4) The whole whimsy VM is the process of being replaced by a new > VM, which will be automatically deployed based on the content in > the new repository. > > Net: unless some action is taken the change you made will not show > up when the VM is replaced; and even then could easily be removed > by somebody who is cleaning up and did not know the reason behind > the link.
I tend to think of Whimsy (the site) as a collection of useful tools, and have never given a whole lot of thought to who maintains which bit. Anyways, apologies for overstepping my privileges. I think I had a moment of confusion last week where I thought I was on the Whimsy PMC. Oops. -- [email protected] http://apache.org/
