Good call, I’ll work that in :) Best Jan —
> On 23. Sep 2025, at 00:29, Gareth Bowen <[email protected]> wrote: > > Might be worth mentioning they can still contribute via PR if they don't > want to go through the ASF paperwork. > > Otherwise, great idea. Thanks for taking this on. > > Gareth > > On Tue, 23 Sept 2025 at 00:59, Jan Lehnardt <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hey all. >> >> when thinking about importing the PouchDB code into the ASF via moving the >> repo over to the apache/ organisation on GitHub, I came across one step >> that we have not considered yet. >> >> About moving repos, the GitHub docs state the following: >> >>> The original owner of the repository is added as a collaborator on the >> transferred repository. Other collaborators to the transferred repository >> remain intact. >> >> We currently have collaborators on the PouchDB repo that either have not >> yet made the move to the ASF or won’t ever do it. >> >> It’d be easy to just remove those folks as collaborators prior to moving >> the repo. Getting removed from a repo without separate communication is not >> great form, so I suggest to open an issue on the PouchDB repo and tag >> everyone that is not making the immediate jump (they can always jon the ASF >> side of things later) with the following message: >> >>> Der current PouchDB collaborators, >>> >>> As [discussed in issue 8999]( >> https://github.com/pouchdb/pouchdb/issues/8999) and [subsequent paperwork >> on the ASF-side]( >> https://lists.apache.org/thread/z6slrvwvmvh45n8tf34qsqr9m28rokdq), the >> PouchDB project is joining the ASF incubator. >>> >>> The initial move is coordinated by [a group of currently active >> collaborators]( >> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/INCUBATOR/PouchDB+Proposal#:~:text=%23%23%23%20Initial%20Committers). >> Due to the way the ASF works, we will have to drop all other collaborators >> from the project. >>> >>> This affects anyone who is actively mentioned in this issue. Once the >> migration has finished, anyone can re-join the project through ASF >> channels. If you don’t want to re-join, there is nothing you need to do. >>> >>> The PouchDB project would like to extend its gratitude towards all >> current collaborators for their contributions. >> >> If nobody objects, I’ll post this shortly. >> >> Best >> Jan >> — >> >> >> > > -- > Gareth Bowen > https://gareth.nz > 027 462 2636
