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Sebb commented on WHIMSY-4:
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Sorry, just realised that there is one more item.
The CI file is only updated sporadically, so the last_updated date from SVN may
well be several days ago.
The output file is cached, so it's not possible for remote readers to know if
the date is old because the SVN file has not been updated or because the cache
has not been updated.
It would therefore be helpful to know when the cache was last updated.
I suppose this could either be done by adding another date to the file, or by
ensuring that the cache file is touched (so the reader can use the HTTP date)
> Create public sanitised version of committee-info.txt
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>
> Key: WHIMSY-4
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WHIMSY-4
> Project: Whimsy
> Issue Type: New Feature
> Reporter: Sebb
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> The committee-info.txt (CI) file contains the canonical information for the
> composition of PMCs etc. This information is needed by various other scripts
> and is supposed to be synched to various web pages.
> It would be very useful to create a sanitised, structured version of the CI
> file for consumption by other apps, for example people.apache.org,
> projects.apache.org, reporter.apache.org.
> Whimsy already has access to the file, it would just need to reformat it and
> publish it on the public part of the site.
> The advantage of using Whimsy to create a sanitised version is that only one
> place would be responsible for the cleaning up process.
> Ideally the format would be readable by both humans and computers.
> So perhaps JSON would be suitable (Python supports this).
> Probably best to recreate the file on a timed basis rather than as an
> svnpubsub client. [In the case of svnpubsub it may not be easy to determine
> if the process has stopped working, or there have been no recent updates to
> the file]. In any case the file should contain a timestamp.
> The following data is needed as a minimum:
> PMC names (foundation date) and chairs (name and availid)
> PMC members (name and availid) and joining dates
> Similar info for the other Committees (Board, President's, W3C)
> Reporting schedules:
> - quarterly months with contents
> - next month list (not sure if comments are needed)
> There are some PMCs that were re-established after having been disbanded.
> In this case the dates should probably be taken from the most recent
> incarnation?
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