[sakai-pmc] PROPOSAL: svn cleanup

[Anthony Whyte]

-1

Creating an svn/deprecated folder for deprecated, retired or otherwise abandoned Sakai core modules I think unnecessary.  The modules identified below should remain in place and not be moved as has been the practice for some time.  I'd like to note that our current practice aligns with Apache practice.  While dead Apache projects are pushed to the Attic, the associated project code remains in place in the Apache SVN repo alongside active projects.
  
Several examples should suffice:

Dead project examples
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/avalon/?root=Apache-SVN
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/jakarta/?root=Apache-SVN
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/shale/?root=Apache-SVN

Active project examples
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/httpd/?root=Apache-SVN
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/sling/?root=Apache-SVN
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/subversion/?root=Apache-SVN 

I think the above a sensible practice that parallels our own.  Reflecting on the past, I wish the community had left in place former core projects that were dropped from the core distribution and moved from the svn to the contrib repo.  It was all a time waster better spent on present/future concerns.

I'll respond to the call for a formal vote in my next response.

Cheers,

Anth

anthony whyte | its and mlibrary | university of michigan | arwhyte at umich.edu | 517-980-0228


On Dec 16, 2013, at 6:36 PM, Steve Swinsburg wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> This proposal was blocked by Seth and JFL with a -1 each. I addressed JFL's concerns which should hopefully allow him to reverse his vote, however I haven't heard back and have emailed twice.
> 
> I now request the PMC chair call a roll call vote so that this can be decided upon since there were PMC members that contributed positively to the discussion and suggested amendments which are reasonable.
> 
> The proposal (revised after feedback) is this:
> 
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> The main Sakai SVN (https://source.sakaiproject.org/svn/) currently holds a number of deprecated / out of date projects including:
> 
> blog
> discussion
> db
> jcr
> mini
> osid
> release-mgmt
> samples
> sdata
> site-association
> svn-admin
> triples
> ux
> was
> wsrp
> 
> These projects will be moved to /svn/deprecated. At this stage they will not be moving to contrib. (Note hybrid and purepoms were removed from the list and will not be touched)
> 
> All of those in the above list will be moved. Some of these have already been moved to /contrib/deprecated (ie discussion) but duplicates exist in the main SVN. These will have their dupes removed.
> 
> There are also these two projects that are institution specific and appear to be unmaintained:
> gradtools
> oncourse
> 
> Both IU and UMich have indicated these are no longer used and can be deleted, so these two will be deleted as part of this cleanup work as well.
> 
> This kind of maintenance will reduce confusion and assist with any possible repository move that may occur in the future.
> ------------------------
> 
> Thanks,
> Steve
> 
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> On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 10:28 AM, Steve Swinsburg <steve.swinsburg at gmail.com> wrote:
> This proposal has been blocked by two -1 votes. As per the Sakai PMC Governance model, this will be taken onto the PMC list for more discussion
> 
> regards,
> Steve
> 
> 
> 
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> On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 8:17 AM, Seth Theriault <slt at columbia.edu> wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 4:03 PM, Steve Swinsburg
> <steve.swinsburg at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Seth, see earlier clarification. Projects will now be moved to /svn/deprecated, not contrib.
> >
> > It is important to get the repository into a cleaner state before a move to another repository is attempted.
> 
> I see little gain in moving a project to /svn/deprecated and agree
> with Anthony's previous point that about it. As such, I maintain my
> -1.
> 
> Seth
> 
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