<div dir="ltr">Hi all,<br><br>it's now been two weeks, would it be ok to continue?<br><br>I've created an organization here <a href="https://github.com/haskell-rapid/">https://github.com/haskell-rapid/</a> so<br>it would be easy to add more maintainers, and added an issue tracker as<br>well (forks don't have one by default).<br><br>I did contact github and cited this thread and the takeover process<br>but since I have no legal relation to the deceased then they didn't<br>want to move the repository. But I actually think it's fine the way it is.<br><br>I also set master branch to where the upstream master is and moved the<br>dependency bounds to the dev branch for the time being.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Apr 20, 2022, 13:12 Brandon Allbery <<a href="mailto:allbery.b@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">allbery.b@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Has anyone asked Github forhelp? I'd imagine they have some way to<br>
migrate repositories in this case by now.<br>
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On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 8:04 AM Andreas Abel <<a href="mailto:andreas.abel@ifi.lmu.de" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">andreas.abel@ifi.lmu.de</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> > By default I'd maintain it here: <a href="https://github.com/eyeinsky/rapid" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/eyeinsky/rapid</a>.<br>
><br>
> At the least, this would need an issue tracker...<br>
><br>
> > Are there any other options (a github organization perhaps)?<br>
><br>
> Personally, I prefer maintaining third-party packages on github<br>
> organizations (see e.g. <a href="https://github.com/blaze-builder" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/blaze-builder</a> ). It is<br>
> easier to co-maintain and to install new maintainers.<br>
><br>
> Github also offers transfer of repositories, but this has to be done by<br>
> the owner. Unfortunately, since Ertugrul passed away, it might be<br>
> difficult to transfer the whole repository (with issues etc.).<br>
><br>
> Cheers,<br>
> Andreas<br>
><br>
> On 2022-04-19 16:01, Markus Läll wrote:<br>
> > Hi Andreas,<br>
> ><br>
> > Yup, let's wait the two weeks.<br>
> ><br>
> > By default I'd maintain it here: <a href="https://github.com/eyeinsky/rapid" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/eyeinsky/rapid</a>.<br>
> > Are there any other options (a github organization perhaps)?<br>
> ><br>
> > On Tue, Apr 19, 2022 at 3:53 PM Andreas Abel <<a href="mailto:andreas.abel@ifi.lmu.de" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">andreas.abel@ifi.lmu.de</a>> wrote:<br>
> >><br>
> >> Hello Markus,<br>
> >><br>
> >> thanks for the initiative!<br>
> >><br>
> >> The takeover is probably fine. It might be contested by other<br>
> >> applicants, but there aren't really any stakeholders on the source code<br>
> >> of rapid. As far as github tells me, the code was single-handedly<br>
> >> written by the now passed-away author.<br>
> >><br>
> >> Maybe we should wait the suggested 2 weeks for any contestants before we<br>
> >> finalize the takeover.<br>
> >><br>
> >> You will need help to get added to<br>
> >><br>
> >> <a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/rapid/maintainers/" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://hackage.haskell.org/package/rapid/maintainers/</a><br>
> >><br>
> >> by one of the hackage admins (CCed).<br>
> >><br>
> >> You would likely have to move the code to another github account, would you?<br>
> >><br>
> >> Cheers,<br>
> >> Andreas (in my role as a hackage trustee)<br>
> >><br>
> >> P.S.: I bumped the base-bound of rapid on hackage to ease building with<br>
> >> newer GHCs.<br>
> >><br>
> >> On 2022-04-19 14:15, Markus Läll wrote:<br>
> >>> Hi<br>
> >>><br>
> >>> I would like to take over <a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/rapid" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://hackage.haskell.org/package/rapid</a><br>
> >>><br>
> >>> The author of the package Ertugrul Söylemez, once an active member of<br>
> >>> the community perhaps best known for netwire, passed away in 2018. [1]<br>
> >>> The work required for the package thus far, and for which I've kept a<br>
> >>> fork for, is to bump version bounds as GHCs progress.<br>
> >>><br>
> >>> [1] <a href="https://github.com/esoeylemez/rapid/pull/2#issuecomment-427065739" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/esoeylemez/rapid/pull/2#issuecomment-427065739</a><br>
> >>><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
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