> On Dec 29, 2021, at 8:45 AM, Romain Manni-Bucau <rmannibu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> @Rob: dependabot is mainly about dependencies upgrades and it is also why
> it is so chatty and has so much false positives.

Yes, I am well aware. But I do not see how a robot telling you to simply 
upgrade is a problem?

Maybe I’m missing something but my impression is that’s what dependabot does 
right? Tell you you need to upgrade?

-Rob

> If you want to focus on
> CVE then setting up on the CI
> https://sonatype.github.io/ossindex-maven/maven-plugin/ is way more
> efficient and accurate (basically when it fails you must act) so dependabot
> is a great reporting tool for managers but not to work on an everyday basis
> IMHO until it is very finely configure but commons is far to need so much
> investment since there already have solutions for everything needed IMHO.
> 
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> 
>> Le mer. 29 déc. 2021 à 14:39, Rob Tompkins <chtom...@gmail.com> a écrit :
>> 
>> Guys. I think dependabot is our greatest advantage in the work against
>> security problems. I know she has her failings and is chatty. But, I think
>> we should open a line of thinking about how best she can help.
>> 
>> The reason she’s a pain in the ass is that we don’t have enough hands on
>> the project making it better. I know I would help more, but I have to keep
>> up with my father who’s a quadriplegic as well as a currently failing
>> marriage.
>> 
>> The answer is that we need more hands on the project. I wish I could be
>> those hands but time and priorities keep me chained.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> -Rob
>> 
>>> On Dec 29, 2021, at 8:26 AM, Gilles Sadowski <gillese...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Le mer. 29 déc. 2021 à 12:18, Thomas Vandahl <t...@apache.org> a écrit :
>>>> 
>>>> +1
>>>> Thank you, Phil. This thing is a P.I.T.A.
>>> 
>>> In effect, from day one:
>>>  https://markmail.org/message/2vutc4p3b3eqv73f
>>> 
>>> Basically, the argument is that
>>> * the (dependabot) feature is too important to be disabled
>>> * the annoyed people should filter out those mails (which I
>>> did since no one at the time supported that they be diverted
>>> to another ML).
>>> Did anything change since then?
>>> [Or do we eventually question the general anomaly that code
>>> discussions have been almost completely off-loaded to GH?]
>>> 
>>> Gilles
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>>> Am 28.12.2021 um 19:20 schrieb Phil Steitz <phil.ste...@gmail.com>:
>>>>> 
>>>>> I can no longer effectively monitor commits@ due to the spam
>> generated by this tool.  I am afraid my eyeballs aren't the only ones going
>> missing here and that is a problem much more severe than any value provided
>> by this tool, IMO.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Phil
>>>> 
>>>> Bye, Thomas
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