+1 I have some plugins that I no longer have any interest in maintaining and have sent emails to the dev list in the past mentioning that they are up for grabs, but who looks in the archive for that before posting a ticket or pr. Better have some uniform indication in the wiki page instead.
/B Den 5 okt 2015 20:32 skrev "Baptiste Mathus" <bmat...@batmat.net>: > Woops, forgot to include the associated thread link for reference: > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/jenkinsci-dev/Ih0RviQ0G90/NmoVJQ1j6NAJ > > 2015-10-05 20:31 GMT+02:00 Baptiste Mathus <bmat...@batmat.net>: > >> +1. >> >> @Richard IMO Stephen's proposal was both simple enough and effective to >> detect inactive plugin. >> >> TL;DR for others: >> >> * Open an automatic fake PR on the plugin when detected as a inactive >> plugin candidate >> * Either the maintainer answers something like "I'M STILL ALIVE" (or >> something else) >> * Or no answer and after x days, then mark inactive >> >> TODO IIRC : >> * define a simple process to go out of that state when back to active >> >> >> >> 2015-10-05 20:02 GMT+02:00 Richard Bywater <rich...@byh2o.com>: >> >>> Sounds an interesting idea and has merit. Only question I'd have is what >>> constitutes a stagnant plugin? I imagine there are plug-ins out there that >>> haven't had any changes made recently as there hasn't been any need to? >>> >>> Richard. >>> >>> On Tue, 6 Oct 2015 4:40 am Manuel Jesús Recena Soto <rec...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> +1 I totally agree! >>>> >>>> 2015-10-05 17:10 GMT+02:00 Slide <slide.o....@gmail.com>: >>>> > +1 >>>> > >>>> > In addition, I'd like to work on additional plugins, so being aware >>>> of ones >>>> > that need help would be great. >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > On Mon, Oct 5, 2015, 08:05 Daniel Beck <m...@beckweb.net> wrote: >>>> >> >>>> >> Hi everyone, >>>> >> >>>> >> One problem that's been apparent for a while is that maintainers >>>> appear to >>>> >> lose interest in their plugins. While we're set up to handle this >>>> situation >>>> >> and can appoint other maintainers, it seems that more plugins become >>>> >> stagnant over time. My hypothesis is that users may not be aware >>>> that this >>>> >> is a problem, or that they could be the solution. >>>> >> >>>> >> My suggestion is to point users, many of who are potential >>>> maintainers, to >>>> >> plugins that haven't been maintained in a while -- not to discourage >>>> their >>>> >> use, but encourage contacting us to be made plugin maintainer. >>>> >> >>>> >> The first step here is to mark plugins as up for adoption. We could >>>> use >>>> >> the plugin's wiki page, as entry point to all plugin's online >>>> documentation, >>>> >> for that. The plugin info box at the top could include a banner that >>>> with a >>>> >> short explanation that the plugin is part of this initiative, >>>> linking to a >>>> >> wiki page with more information and how to take over plugin >>>> ownership. >>>> >> Plugin authors could do this as well if they've lost interest and >>>> would like >>>> >> someone else to take over -- before they're abandoning it. >>>> >> >>>> >> As a second step, we could create an index of all affected plugins, >>>> >> allowing interested devs to browse a list of plugins for which they >>>> could >>>> >> take over maintainership. >>>> >> >>>> >> WYDT? >>>> >> >>>> >> Daniel >>>> >> >>>> >> -- >>>> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups >>>> >> "Jenkins Developers" group. >>>> >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>> send an >>>> >> email to jenkinsci-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> >> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> >> >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/D17FA37C-4FA5-497C-A737-8635E272E85A%40beckweb.net >>>> . >>>> >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> > >>>> > -- >>>> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups >>>> > "Jenkins Developers" group. >>>> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>> send an >>>> > email to jenkinsci-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> > To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> > >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/CAPiUgVcFYkfLvaqG%2BuaumAytKhU9nsa0UrM7Ni_C6z5xnO9L5A%40mail.gmail.com >>>> . >>>> > >>>> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Manuel Recena Soto >>>> * manuelrecena.com [/blog] >>>> * linkedin.com/in/recena >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "Jenkins Developers" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to jenkinsci-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/CABa-Uoe-mhHhs-wzfufFmDvgfSNQds6CXfogNq7BOau7rJAesQ%40mail.gmail.com >>>> . >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Jenkins Developers" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to jenkinsci-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/CAMui947UOggv_Hm1rH%3DHpQe10ixDExtcYKtSB_zoOz%2B%2Bqm05%2Bg%40mail.gmail.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/CAMui947UOggv_Hm1rH%3DHpQe10ixDExtcYKtSB_zoOz%2B%2Bqm05%2Bg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Baptiste <Batmat> MATHUS - http://batmat.net >> Sauvez un arbre, >> Mangez un castor ! >> > > > > -- > Baptiste <Batmat> MATHUS - http://batmat.net > Sauvez un arbre, > Mangez un castor ! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Jenkins Developers" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to jenkinsci-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/CANWgJS79bbS98d6uePV4MFrG8q3cWqO_-CKrZ_DqqShJi1deag%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/CANWgJS79bbS98d6uePV4MFrG8q3cWqO_-CKrZ_DqqShJi1deag%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jenkins Developers" group. 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