Tool to generate disclaimer, NOTICE, etc. files

2014-02-08 Thread Alan Cabrera
Do you think it would be helpful if we had a tool that generated these files? It could work like a command line wizard that prompts the person for licensing information and then generates a valid disclaimer, notice, etc. files. If this is a good idea, what files should we generate? Currently,

Re: Tool to generate disclaimer, NOTICE, etc. files

2014-02-08 Thread sebb
On 8 February 2014 16:49, Alan Cabrera wrote: > Do you think it would be helpful if we had a tool that generated these files? > It could work like a command line wizard that prompts the person for > licensing information and then generates a valid disclaimer, notice, etc. > files. AIUI the di

Re: Tool to generate disclaimer, NOTICE, etc. files

2014-02-08 Thread Ted Dunning
On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 7:42 PM, sebb wrote: > > WDYT? > > Non-trivial; maintaining the meta-data needed to accurately generate > the NOTICE file is likely to require more effort than writing the > NOTICE file itself. > Actually, this sounds like a case where the effort for any individual projec

Re: Tool to generate disclaimer, NOTICE, etc. files

2014-02-09 Thread sebb
On 9 February 2014 06:47, Ted Dunning wrote: > On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 7:42 PM, sebb wrote: > >> > WDYT? >> >> Non-trivial; maintaining the meta-data needed to accurately generate >> the NOTICE file is likely to require more effort than writing the >> NOTICE file itself. >> > > > Actually, this so

Re: Tool to generate disclaimer, NOTICE, etc. files

2014-02-10 Thread Marvin Humphrey
On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 8:49 AM, Alan Cabrera wrote: > Do you think it would be helpful if we had a tool that generated these > files? It could work like a command line wizard that prompts the person for > licensing information and then generates a valid disclaimer, notice, etc. > files. > > If th

Re: Tool to generate disclaimer, NOTICE, etc. files

2014-02-11 Thread Alan Cabrera
The goal that I’m hoping to realistically attain is to have tooling automatically generate these files, thus alleviating a lot of scut work done by podlings and mentors. Maybe not a realistic goal but a pretty good dream. :) On to the details: On Feb 8, 2014, at 7:42 PM, sebb wrote: > On 8

Re: Tool to generate disclaimer, NOTICE, etc. files

2014-02-11 Thread Alan Cabrera
Whoops, accidentally prematurely sent my reply. The goal that I’m hoping to realistically attain is to have tooling automatically generate these files, thus alleviating a lot of scut work done by podlings and mentors. Maybe not a realistic goal but a pretty good dream. :) On to the details: O

Re: Tool to generate disclaimer, NOTICE, etc. files

2014-02-11 Thread Alan Cabrera
On Feb 8, 2014, at 10:47 PM, Ted Dunning wrote: > On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 7:42 PM, sebb wrote: > >>> WDYT? >> >> Non-trivial; maintaining the meta-data needed to accurately generate >> the NOTICE file is likely to require more effort than writing the >> NOTICE file itself. >> > > > Actually

Re: Tool to generate disclaimer, NOTICE, etc. files

2014-02-11 Thread Alan Cabrera
On Feb 10, 2014, at 12:48 PM, Marvin Humphrey wrote: > On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 8:49 AM, Alan Cabrera wrote: >> Do you think it would be helpful if we had a tool that generated these >> files? It could work like a command line wizard that prompts the person for >> licensing information and then

Re: Tool to generate disclaimer, NOTICE, etc. files

2014-02-11 Thread Marvin Humphrey
On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 7:42 AM, Alan Cabrera wrote: >> One thing I think we could use is a tool which parses mbox archives in >> people.apache.org:/home/apmail/ and generates statistics: >> >> * Total emails sent per list (a measure of activity) >> * Unique addresses participating (a measure

Re: Tool to generate disclaimer, NOTICE, etc. files

2014-02-11 Thread Alan Cabrera
On Feb 11, 2014, at 9:01 AM, Marvin Humphrey wrote: > On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 7:42 AM, Alan Cabrera wrote: > >>> One thing I think we could use is a tool which parses mbox archives in >>> people.apache.org:/home/apmail/ and generates statistics: >>> >>> * Total emails sent per list (a measu

Re: Tool to generate disclaimer, NOTICE, etc. files

2014-02-17 Thread sebgoa
> -- Forwarded message -- > From: "Marvin Humphrey" > Date: Feb 10, 2014 3:49 PM > Subject: Re: Tool to generate disclaimer, NOTICE, etc. files > To: "general@incubator.apache.org" > Cc: > > On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 8:49 AM, Alan