> Honestly I'm not even sure it's worth spending the time to upgrade the plugin. It just adds a low res icon and a link. I vote for discontinuing the non distributed plugin.
There are some merits in the icon/link: pointing end users of Jenkins to https://www.jenkins.io/participate/ . It **might** help to get more visitors of this page and, hopefully, new contributors. We could also discontinue the plugin and just include the functionality into the Jenkins core. Should not be a big deal as long as it's opt-in in appearance. BR, Oleg On Tuesday, May 11, 2021 at 3:19:21 AM UTC+2 ga...@gavinmogan.com wrote: > Honestly I'm not even sure it's worth spending the time to upgrade the > plugin. It just adds a low res icon and a link. I vote for discontinuing > the non distributed plugin. > > On Mon., May 10, 2021, 11:34 a.m. Mark Waite, <mark.ea...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> +1 from me on the proposal as well >> >> On Monday, May 10, 2021 at 5:20:02 AM UTC-6 timja...@gmail.com wrote: >> >>> +1 to proposal >>> >>> On Mon, 10 May 2021 at 11:08, Oleg Nenashev <o.v.ne...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Would appreciate any feedback in this thread from the community >>>> >>>> On Wednesday, May 5, 2021 at 9:58:50 AM UTC+2 Oleg Nenashev wrote: >>>> >>>>> Dear all, >>>>> >>>>> We’ve recently had a few discussions with the board and Daniel Beck >>>>> about the “Friend of Jenkins” plugin. This is a plugin referenced from >>>>> https://www.jenkins.io/donate: *“In showing our appreciation, we’ll >>>>> send out a special "friend of Jenkins" plugin to those who have donated >>>>> at >>>>> least 25 USD / 25 EUR. This plugin adds a little icon in the footer >>>>> section, telling that you are a friend of Jenkins. You can install this >>>>> to >>>>> your Jenkins to show off that you’ve helped us”*. De facto, we have >>>>> not been doing so in the recent years. There are a few problems >>>>> associated >>>>> with the plugin. >>>>> >>>>> *First of all*, you can become a “Friend of Jenkins” only by donating >>>>> money. IMO it goes against open source values, we should equally >>>>> appreciate >>>>> all kinds of contributions and avoid promoting money donations >>>>> specifically. *Secondly*, the plugin is private source at the moment. >>>>> It is weird to send a private source plugin to anyone, especially as >>>>> appreciation. *Thirdly*, the plugin is dated. It has not been updated >>>>> for a while, and it does not use modern build/test pipelines. For example >>>>> the code still targets Jenkins 1.396 as the build target. Even if the >>>>> code >>>>> is tiny, it is not good to send such a questionable build to Jenkins >>>>> users >>>>> and suggest its installation. *Last but not least*, sending private >>>>> builds in email is flawed on its own due to the risk of various social >>>>> engineering attacks. >>>>> >>>>> I suggest that we completely tear down the “Friend of Jenkins” program: >>>>> >>>>> - We remove sections about “Friend of Jenkins” from the Donations >>>>> page >>>>> - Instead of sending the plugin, the Jenkins Governance Board will >>>>> focus on sending appreciation letters and recognizing donations >>>>> through >>>>> Jenkins social media. It should help us to build relationships with >>>>> donors >>>>> and hopefully get them involved in the community. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Later actions (no specific timeline): >>>>> >>>>> - We (as community) open source the plugin as the standard Jenkins >>>>> plugin on https://github.com/jenkinsci, update it to the modern >>>>> development pipelines. >>>>> - We update the plugin to reference >>>>> https://www.jenkins.io/participate/ instead of donations. We >>>>> might add “Donate” as a type of participation to the list >>>>> - We release the plugin as 2.0, without changing the artifact ID. >>>>> Any user of the older private source version, if any, will be able to >>>>> update via the update center. Any Jenkins user will be also able to >>>>> install >>>>> it via the plugin manager, no preconditions. >>>>> - We reference the plugin from the install wizard suggestions (not >>>>> installed by default), and other places. >>>>> >>>>> There were also some discussions about building signed versions of the >>>>> plugin and somehow allowing to verify the “Friend of Jenkins” status. >>>>> Although I proposed it, now I do not think it is really needed. We can >>>>> discuss it for future iterations. >>>>> >>>>> Would appreciate any feedback, and I suggest discussing that at the >>>>> next Governance meeting. >>>>> >>>>> Best regards, >>>>> Oleg Nenashev >>>>> Jenkins Governance Board >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>> 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-de...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/790a8d83-e939-4e96-adbe-98ca24f266dfn%40googlegroups.com >>>> >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/790a8d83-e939-4e96-adbe-98ca24f266dfn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>> -- >> 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-de...@googlegroups.com. >> > To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/7ecbe41e-7882-4351-a346-4cb53ade8955n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/7ecbe41e-7882-4351-a346-4cb53ade8955n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jenkins Developers" group. 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