Hello, I've a small patch[1] that updates the rss package to the latest versions of its dependencies. (I'm trying to get the new hackage-server to build on ghc-7.2.1) However Bjorn Bringert told me he's no longer maintaining the package. He asked me to ask you if there's already a new maintainer. If not, does any one want to take over the package? Jeremy, maybe you? Otherwise I could take it over. I probably won't make lots of changes since I'm a bit swamped at the moment. Just updating it to the latest versions. Regards, Bas [1] http://code.haskell.org/~basvandijk/update_rss.dpatch
On 20 October 2011 21:27, Bas van Dijk
Otherwise I could take it over. I probably won't make lots of changes since I'm a bit swamped at the moment. Just updating it to the latest versions.
I've moved the repository over to github: https://github.com/basvandijk/rss If nobody steps up as new maintainer I will make a new release this weekend. Cheers, Bas
Hello,
I've a small patch[1] that updates the rss package to the latest versions of its dependencies. (I'm trying to get the new hackage-server to build on ghc-7.2.1)
However Bjorn Bringert told me he's no longer maintaining the package. He asked me to ask you if there's already a new maintainer. If not, does any one want to take over the package? Jeremy, maybe you?
Otherwise I could take it over. I probably won't make lots of changes since I'm a bit swamped at the moment. Just updating it to the latest versions. Perhaps, unless someone step up, it would be nice to move packages that have no maintainer anymore into a github organisation (haskell-janitors ?), where each package could have many owners and it's easy and simple to add/remove
On 10/20/2011 08:27 PM, Bas van Dijk wrote: push rights there. That could also be an obvious place to look, for newcomers, to get involved. -- Vincent
That's a great idea! On Oct 21, 2011, at 5:34 PM, Vincent Hanquez wrote:
On 10/20/2011 08:27 PM, Bas van Dijk wrote:
Hello,
I've a small patch[1] that updates the rss package to the latest versions of its dependencies. (I'm trying to get the new hackage-server to build on ghc-7.2.1)
However Bjorn Bringert told me he's no longer maintaining the package. He asked me to ask you if there's already a new maintainer. If not, does any one want to take over the package? Jeremy, maybe you?
Otherwise I could take it over. I probably won't make lots of changes since I'm a bit swamped at the moment. Just updating it to the latest versions. Perhaps, unless someone step up, it would be nice to move packages that have no maintainer anymore into a github organisation (haskell-janitors ?), where each package could have many owners and it's easy and simple to add/remove push rights there.
That could also be an obvious place to look, for newcomers, to get involved.
-- Vincent
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I released a new rss:
http://hackage.haskell.org//package/rss-3000.2.0
It no longer requires old-time and is tested with the latest versions
of its dependencies.
On 21 October 2011 17:34, Vincent Hanquez
Perhaps, unless someone step up, it would be nice to move packages that have no maintainer anymore into a github organisation (haskell-janitors ?),
Nice idea! However I think we should always strive for having a single or a limited number of maintainers. Finally when nobody wants to take over a package we can hand it over to haskell-janitors. Bas
On 10/21/11 11:34 AM, Vincent Hanquez wrote:
Perhaps, unless someone step up, it would be nice to move packages that have no maintainer anymore into a github organisation (haskell-janitors ?), where each package could have many owners and it's easy and simple to add/remove push rights there.
That could also be an obvious place to look, for newcomers, to get involved.
+1. I wouldn't try to be too aggressive about moving ownerless projects over, just the ones that are popular and yet definitively abandoned. It'd also be nice for the janitors to coordinate helping out with maintenance of some of the larger non-abandoned projects which are understaffed. Major hacking on non-abandoned projects isn't really a beginner/janitor-friendly task, but something like helping to flesh out the Haddocks of widely used but underdocumented packages would help the overall image of Hackage as well as giving newbies an excuse to go poking around reading code to figure out what it does. -- Live well, ~wren
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