On 8 October 2011 18:19, Wouter Vanden Hove <[email protected]>wrote:
> Kees Hink wrote: > > > Products.ExpandableNavigation, a product for Plone2.5 which has never > seen > > a full release, can be removed from plone.org > > (http://plone.org/products/expandablenavigation). I've marked it > > "DISCONTINUED" a year ago. > > > > I can't do this myself, would someone do it for me? > > > > And after, i think it's also a good idea to remove the code from > > http://svn.plone.org/svn/collective/Products.ExpandableNavigation/? > > > I consider this *very* bad practice. > > You cannot know who is using this software. > You cannot know somebody might need to update/migrate an old Plone2.5-site > using this module in the future. > You cannot know know someone in the future might be interested to study > and/or continue development. > > It would be absolutely horrible if all packages/Products would disappear > like this just because the original developer lost interest in maintaining > it. > > Just put in a notice that you as the original developer lost interest in > maintaining this package. Do not make it impossible for someone to take > over in the future. +1 - we can remove things from plone.org if we really don't want new users to find it. But removing from PyPI and/or SVN/GitHub is a cardinal sin. Martin
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