banool / auslan_dictionary

Code for the app, scripts, and site for Auslan Dictionary
https://auslandictionary.org
GNU General Public License v3.0
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Add plan for what happens if I can't maintain this any more #172

Open banool opened 8 months ago

banool commented 8 months ago

I'm the only person maintaining this app so if I get hit by a bus it'll eventually stop working.

In the current state pretty much these things would need to happen:

  1. Someone forks the repo.
  2. They set up the script to update the dictionary data periodically.
  3. They pay for Apple and Play Store developer accounts.
  4. They build and publish the app.

They'd also have to handle other ongoing maintenance needs such as making sure the scraping script keeps working, updating the app dependencies so it keeps working on the latest OSes.

There are things I could do to remedy this risk: