@Gary thing is it is not one email per period but a much email as upgrades
per period with dependabot, there is no bulk email feature

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Le mer. 29 déc. 2021 à 16:27, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> a
écrit :

> On Wed, Dec 29, 2021 at 9:45 AM sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 29 Dec 2021 at 14:36, Rob Tompkins <chtom...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Why not just run dependabot weekly. We move slowly enough that weekly
> > currently works. Until we can get more hands on the project, slower comms
> > are indeed reasonable…right?
> >
> > Weekly runs won't reduce the number of emails, except where a single
> > dependency has been updated twice in a week.
> >
>
> I'm baffled by your reply: If I get one email a day for a week for a new
> dependency version, that's 7 emails. If I get one email a week for a
> dependency, let me see..., that's one a week. So it's seven times LESS.
>
> Gary
>
> >
> > I don't see how it is possible to reduce the noise from dependabot.
> >
> > > -Rob
> > >
> > > > On Dec 29, 2021, at 9:31 AM, Romain Manni-Bucau <
> rmannibu...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Saving dev/human resources is about having a CI, all mentionned
> > plugins of
> > > > the thread support it properly while cronned.
> > > > Difference is the scope of the checks: CVE only, all deps, plugins
> and
> > code
> > > > (which is where most people don't like since it is trivial to have
> > false
> > > > positive and dependabot falls there).
> > > >
> > > > I agree CVE are a crucial topic but dependabot is NOT done for them,
> > it is
> > > > done for dependencies as a whole and is full of bugs so until it is
> > refined
> > > > to be more relevant and bulked differently (maybe *1* mail a week)
> > then it
> > > > is not an option for an everyday work IMHO.
> > > >
> > > > Romain Manni-Bucau
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> > > > <
> >
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> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >> Le mer. 29 déc. 2021 à 15:18, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com>
> a
> > > >> écrit :
> > > >>
> > > >>> On Wed, Dec 29, 2021 at 9:07 AM sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >>>
> > > >>> On Wed, 29 Dec 2021 at 13:54, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com
> >
> > > >> wrote:
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> One critical feature is that dependabot does all the builds for
> you
> > on
> > > >>>> GitHub Actions, this is an enormous time and resource saver!
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Not at all.
> > > >>> Just the reverse.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> It does NOT save resources, because it runs builds for updates that
> > > >>> are not necessary at that point in time (or ever, in some cases).
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Nor does it same time, because the the noise that it generates.
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>
> > > >>> Please stop pretending that Dependabot does things it does not (and
> > > >>> likely cannot) do.
> > > >>>
> > > >>
> > > >> Oh, boy, Sebb, it feels like you are purposely misunderstanding my
> > POV.
> > > >> It's as simple as I stated:
> > > >>
> > > >> If Dependabot detects that a new version of a dependency is
> available,
> > > >> creates a branch, runs a build, tells me the result and I have a PR
> I
> > can
> > > >> merge, *that is all work and time *I* do not have to do manually!
> Why
> > is
> > > >> that so hard to understand?*
> > > >>
> > > >> Gary
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>>> Gary
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> On Wed, Dec 29, 2021, 08:51 Rob Tompkins <chtom...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>>> 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.
> > > >>>>>>
> > > >>>>>> Romain Manni-Bucau
> > > >>>>>> @rmannibucau <https://twitter.com/rmannibucau> |  Blog
> > > >>>>>> <https://rmannibucau.metawerx.net/> | Old Blog
> > > >>>>>> <http://rmannibucau.wordpress.com> | Github <
> > > >>>>> https://github.com/rmannibucau> |
> > > >>>>>> LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/rmannibucau> | Book
> > > >>>>>> <
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>
> >
> https://www.packtpub.com/application-development/java-ee-8-high-performance
> > > >>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>> 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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