> On Aug 14, 2026, at 1:09 AM, sebb <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Fri, 14 Aug 2026 at 08:43, tison <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Some files may support information pages at [1], and other status pages. >> But I don't have a full picture which one support what page. >> >> [1] https://incubator.apache.org/projects/incubation-status-template.html >> <https://incubator.apache.org/projects/incubation-status-template.html> > > The status pages are generated from projects/*.xml files. > When a podling retires, its website is redirected there. > > podlings.xml is used by clutch and to generate the summary listings: > https://incubator.apache.org/projects/ > <https://incubator.apache.org/projects/> > and the current list on the index page > It is also used by whimsy and probably other tools either directly or > via JSON files created by Whimsy
As sebb notes: podlings.xml file is used by several systems outside of the incubator. It acts as the source of record and history of incubator podlings. Another use is on https://projects.apache.org in various displays and this also hosts json files derived from the xml. > > The podlings/*.yml files are a later addition, but include information > that is not readiliy available elsewhere. This file was built a decade ago to move some of the status information out of the project status xml > > Whilst it might be easier to manage the files if they were in Git, > that is not the issue here. If the incubator wants to manage podlings.xml file by not hand editing xml then I would suggest creating some python scripts. Best, Dave > > Sebb > >> Best, >> tison. >> >> >> tison <[email protected]> 于2026年8月14日周五 15:41写道： >> >>> I generally consider them as paper work and we may either migrate them >>> from SVN to make the paper work easy to finish, or just drop them. >>> >>> >>> Best, >>> tison. >>> >>> >>> sebb <[email protected]> 于2026年8月14日周五 15:35写道： >>> >>>> There are at least 3 podling status files: >>>> >>>> >>>> https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/public/trunk/content/podlings.xml >>>> >>>> https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/public/trunk/content/podlings/ >>>> <podling>.yml >>>> >>>> https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/public/trunk/content/projects/ >>>> <podling>.xml >>>> >>>> Which ones are required by policy, if any? >>>> And if they are not required, why do they exist? >>>> Equally, if they are needed, why are they not required? >>>> >>>> Can thiey be simplified? >>>> Maybe podlings.xml and podlings/*.yml could be combined? >>>> (e.g. move the info from one into the other, and use that to generate >>>> the moved data) >>>> >>>> Sebb >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >>>> >>>> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>
