Package takeover: indents

[hvr]

see https://mail.haskell.org/pipermail/haskell-cafe/2016-November/125582.html

/cc @jaspervdj

[hvr]

The original author's Hackage activity stopped in 2012:

-----------------+---------+---------------+------------------------
 concatenative   | 0.0.0   | SamAnklesaria | 2010-04-01 15:57:09+00
 relative-date   | 0.0.0   | SamAnklesaria | 2010-04-01 15:58:05+00
 relative-date   | 0.0.1   | SamAnklesaria | 2010-04-02 20:09:11+00
 rpc             | 0.0.0   | SamAnklesaria | 2010-04-16 01:20:18+00
 rpc             | 0.0.1   | SamAnklesaria | 2010-06-10 21:38:05+00
 zcache          | 0.0.0   | SamAnklesaria | 2010-06-14 15:21:03+00
 concatenative   | 1.0.0   | SamAnklesaria | 2010-06-28 21:48:38+00
 WebCont         | 0.0.0   | SamAnklesaria | 2010-07-01 18:53:23+00
 concatenative   | 1.0.1   | SamAnklesaria | 2010-07-02 00:21:09+00
 WebCont         | 0.0.1   | SamAnklesaria | 2010-07-02 00:23:26+00
 indents         | 0.1.0   | SamAnklesaria | 2010-08-03 23:18:45+00
 indents         | 0.1.1   | SamAnklesaria | 2010-08-04 17:29:40+00
 indents         | 0.2.0   | SamAnklesaria | 2010-08-05 03:30:48+00
 indents         | 0.3.0   | SamAnklesaria | 2010-08-05 23:23:34+00
 smartGroup      | 0.0.0   | SamAnklesaria | 2010-09-19 15:28:29+00
 smartGroup      | 0.1.0   | SamAnklesaria | 2010-09-23 19:04:20+00
 smartGroup      | 0.2.0   | SamAnklesaria | 2010-10-04 20:54:29+00
 extemp          | 0.0.1   | SamAnklesaria | 2010-10-05 01:10:38+00
 smartGroup      | 0.2.1   | SamAnklesaria | 2010-10-05 15:40:21+00
 smartGroup      | 0.3.0   | SamAnklesaria | 2011-02-19 01:10:18+00
 indents         | 0.3.1   | SamAnklesaria | 2011-03-30 12:39:15+00
 indents         | 0.3.2   | SamAnklesaria | 2012-02-01 19:56:45+00
 indents         | 0.3.3   | SamAnklesaria | 2012-05-18 22:00:56+00
 cypher          | 0.1     | SamAnklesaria | 2012-06-27 19:53:24+00
 cypher          | 0.2     | SamAnklesaria | 2012-06-29 02:03:15+00
 cypher          | 0.4     | SamAnklesaria | 2012-07-10 17:25:22+00
 cypher          | 0.5     | SamAnklesaria | 2012-07-10 17:29:08+00
 cypher          | 0.6     | SamAnklesaria | 2012-07-10 19:20:33+00
 cypher          | 0.7     | SamAnklesaria | 2012-07-13 20:43:38+00
 classy-parallel | 0.1.0.0 | SamAnklesaria | 2012-07-31 01:55:56+00
 cypher          | 0.8     | SamAnklesaria | 2012-07-31 01:59:00+00
 records-th      | 0.1.0.0 | SamAnklesaria | 2012-07-31 02:06:50+00
 aeson-smart     | 0.1.0.0 | SamAnklesaria | 2012-07-31 04:00:34+00
 yesod-test-json | 0.1.0.0 | SamAnklesaria | 2012-07-31 05:13:31+00
 cypher          | 0.8.1   | SamAnklesaria | 2012-07-31 23:19:25+00
 records-th      | 0.1.1.0 | SamAnklesaria | 2012-08-01 15:38:48+00
 aeson-smart     | 0.2.0.0 | SamAnklesaria | 2012-08-17 20:31:05+00
 yesod-test-json | 0.2.0.0 | SamAnklesaria | 2012-08-17 20:57:06+00
(38 rows)

[hvr]

@jaspervdj Given the data above, I'd suggest accelerating the takeover, and asking admin@hackage.haskell.org rightaway, referring this ticket. In the unlikely event that the original author resurfaces after 4 years of inactivity we can just hand it back...

[jaspervdj-luminal]

Okay, thanks!

[jaspervdj]

I will wait a bit longer since Yitz found another email address of the author, so I should give some time respond.

[hvr]

@jaspervdj ...what's the status from your POV?

[jaspervdj-luminal]

@hvr The author responded and said it was fine if I took over the package. I just need to find some time to port over the improvements from our proprietary source code to the package source and then I can upload a new version.

[hvr]

@jaspervdj-luminal @jaspervdj great

Since I don't see you mentioned in

http://hackage.haskell.org/package/indents/maintainers/

yet, I'm summoning @hesselink to speed things up (@hesselink btw, there's still that open esqueleto take-over issue waiting for action) :-)

[hesselink]

@hvr @jaspervdj Done!

[jaspervdj]

@hvr I uploaded a new version, this issue can be closed now.

[hvr]

alright!