seven months ago, i posted my first email to this group. the one you
responded to was the second email i've ever posted to this group.
the first one was about a project i was working on that had a particular
set of requirements. the helpful response email i got was from marak,
suggesting that hook.io would do what i needed based on my
requirements. i looked into it and thought it was legit, but for one
reason or another, i decided against using it.
i'm working on another project now, and if the whole idea behind these
modules is "use at your own risk", then that's kinda bs, and frankly not
the school of developer that i come from.
i think it would make sense to have some construct where if a module is
implemented and then abandoned, the submitter would be willing to let
someone else pick up where they left off.
R.
On 12/1/12 2:39 AM, Isaac Schlueter wrote:
Rohit,
The same problems exist for all software, indie or enterprise.
If you depend on it, be prepared to one day either own it or find a
replacement. Such is the way of the world.
On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 11:37 PM, Rohit Rao <[email protected]> wrote:
Ken brings up a good point. The biggest risk with indie tech like this is
that it might get abandoned due to unforeseen circumstances.
It would behoove us to have some sort of fallback so users don't get
negatively affected with their projects due to something like this.
On Dec 1, 2012, at 2:14 AM, Marak Squires <[email protected]> wrote:
Ken -
Are you actually using hook.io? I suspect you are not. If you are, you have
the code and can continue to use it if you feel so inclined.
If you are genuinely concerned about continued development, you can fork and
rename the project at any time.
I'm telling you as the creator, you should not waste your time. There are
several fundmental problems with hook.io ( many of which are technical ).
Solving these problems would require an entire new suite of libraries and
tools, which do not exist.
- Marak
On Sat, Dec 1, 2012 at 12:20 PM, Ken <[email protected]> wrote:
Interpersonal drama aside, I actually think this is a very interesting
scenario and something the node community should probably consider
developing some best practices around. To abstract a bit, what, if
anything, can and should the community do when a popular package is
abandoned by its sole maintainer?
As far as github and the code goes it looks like Nathan Rajlich has an
up-to-date version here (package.json matches NPM, not sue if he's got
custom hacks though):
https://github.com/TooTallNate/hook.io
It seems like NPM is a slightly bigger problem, as Marak is the only
maintainer and there are over 60 packages that depend on hook.io
https://npmjs.org/package/hook.io
so while it would be possible to fork the package it would be a tremendous
effort to repoint all of the dependents at the new fork. Perhaps we should
have some mechanism for interested parties to petition the registry to take
over as maintainer of abandoned packages?
--Ken
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