On Tue, 27 Dec 2016, Simon Michael <simon@joyful.com> wrote:

Hello all,

hackagebot is the bot I've been maintaining for a few years
which announces new hackage uploads in the #haskell IRC
channel. I've tried to keep it "a well-behaved, non-annoying
bot". It's configured to announce up to 5 uploads at a time,
with at least a 5 minute interval between announcements.

As our community grows, upload activity increases, and more
megaprojects with many uploads appear, I've seen more
complaints about the noise, and noticed channel ops muting it
temporarily. A few weeks ago this happened, and also a possible
problem with the correctness of the announcements or the feed
was reported. I didn't have time to investigate, so I left it
offline, inviting feedback if anyone missed it.

Since then I've heard nothing. So, even though I personally
like seeing the uploads, and the conversations and connections
that sometimes result, I'm inclined to let hackagebot rest
indefinitely. Or, would a new maintainer like to take it on ?
If you have feelings about it one way or the other, please
reply on-list.

Thanks!
-Simon

Perhaps one could send a signal to hackagebot telling it to not
send announcements, or perhaps to queue 'em up and then send a
batch when requested.  Or maybe have the bot just send a pointer
to today's web page with all of today's announcements, neatly
laid out.

oo--JS.

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