[TYPO3-ect] Announcing TER cleanup process

[Xaver Maierhofer]

Hi,

nice a clean up happens.

Maybe it would be nice a ext needs to renewed.
A simple click "I'm active/maintain" every XY months (e.g. 6). After that 
period of time, the extension will be dropped a pool and people can get the 
keys to continue the development.
Orphaned extensions will be disabled/marked, Not searchable in TYPO3 backend 
and on site a modal dialogue or something like that for the download.

PS: I think the problem biggest problem is the version handling. Right now it 
is only possible to maintain one mainline (no branches). For a v2 you need a 
new key, even for a alpha missing feature ext.

regards
xaver

On Wednesday 30 January 2013 15:31:25 Tolleiv Nietsch wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> this feels very strange. We're desperately looking for people to help
> maintaining the TER. And suddenly someone pops up and takes one task
> from the stack and puts three others back on it.... anyways this is a
> great initiative and a good thing to continue. So let's see how we can
> help each other.
> 
> Maybe you can join our monthly T3O maintenance call(s) and discuss the
> further steps (next one is on Feb. 21st 5pm - on Google Hangout).
> 
> We'll also have a T3O-Sprint in March (21st-24th) - maybe someone wants
> to join in and get the things done directly?
> 
> Cheers,
> Tolleiv
> 
> Jigal van Hemert schrieb:
> > Hi Tolleiv,
> > 
> > On 30-1-2013 10:27, Tolleiv Nietsch wrote:
> >> all this sounds great - but with whom from the T3O-Team did you discuss
> >> this? Seems that some of us have to do this work (adjusting the
> >> T3O-Search / adding the moving parts to the TER / testing the functional
> >> changes / ... ) and I wonder how you planned this?
> >> 
> >> Don't get me wrong, we'll fully support you with that - but all of us
> >> got your messages unprepared and that's not too optimal ;)
> > 
> > I thought we contacted just about everybody in the TYPO3 world already
> > last year, but since that was largely before the typo3.org relaunch the
> > new t3o-team was probably not as involved as much as they could be.
> > Sorry for that!
> > 
> > The actual work will be largely prepared to keep the load on other
> > people/teams as low as possible:
> > - changes in TER server will be prepared for Thomas; I have been in
> > contact with him a couple of times
> > - changes in TER fe will be prepared for Thomas too
> > - changes in TER search; for this someone needs to be found who can do
> > this
> > 
> > Since there is about six months available to make the changes I'm sure
> > we will find people who can do the changes or who are willing to sponsor
> > the changes (in any way).
> > 
> > Again apologies if you were not involved enough; that wasn't done on
> > purpose!