On Thu, 13 Nov 2025 at 06:29, Hervé Boutemy
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> sorry, I've been away for too much time
>
> What value does a DOAP add: avoids past project to fully disappear once in the
> Attic
>
> I discover one aspect of TLPs with no DOAP file
> https://projects.apache.org/projects.html?category#no-tlp-doap
>
> Remove the Committee definition and it removes the basic project that existed
> until now based on the small "default DOAP" magic
> like for example https://projects.apache.org/project.html?answer
>
> Perhaps we should just create a basic DOAP file when retiring, just to keep
> the
> project visible
OK, I've added the following for Griffin:
https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/comdev/projects.apache.org/trunk/data/projects-override/griffin.rdf
Niall
>
> Regards,
>
> Hervé
>
> Le mercredi 12 novembre 2025, 15:40:27 CET sebb a écrit :
> > On Wed, 12 Nov 2025 at 13:59, Niall Pemberton <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > > On Wed, 12 Nov 2025 at 00:48, sebb <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > On Fri, 7 Nov 2025 at 10:15, Niall Pemberton <[email protected]>
> > > >
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > On Tue, 4 Nov 2025 at 17:07, sebb <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > > > What's the issue you are seeing?
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm asking what we do when a project doesn't have a DOAP file - which
> > > > > Griffin doesn't[1][2]. I guess the options are we either do nothing or
> > > > > do we create one for the project & add it to the override location?
> > > >
> > > > What value would a DOAP add?
> > >
> > > Still no answer to my question - I guess you don’t know
> >
> > DOAPs are not compulsory, so unless the lack of a DOAP causes a
> > particular problem, I don't think we need to add one.
> >
> > > Niall
> > >
> > > > > Niall
> > > > >
> > > > > [1]https://lists.apache.org/thread/cxtvo66vmlpdbkbzfpx990436f690ogy
> > > > > [2]
> > > >
> > > > https://github.com/apache/comdev-projects/blob/trunk/data/projects.xml
> > > >
> > > > > > On Tue, 4 Nov 2025 at 12:06, Niall Pemberton <
> > > >
> > > > [email protected]> wrote:
> > > > > > > Yes, Griffin
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Niall
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Tue, 4 Nov 2025 at 10:53, sebb <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > > > > > Do you have an example?
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > On Tue, 4 Nov 2025 at 10:29, Niall Pemberton <
> > > >
> > > > [email protected]>
> > > >
> > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > What do we do when a project doesn't have a DOAP file?
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Thanks
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Niall
>
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