[pytest-dev] transferring ownership of pytest-ordering

[Bruno Oliveira]

Good news Frank,

Once we have one or more active maintainers, we will be happy to transfer
the plugin to pytest-dev!

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On Wed, Oct 9, 2019 at 11:13 AM Frank Tobia <frank.tobia at gmail.com> wrote:

> Good point re: transfer ownership != maintenance handoff. I'll try to drum
> up some number of maintainers.
> At least one potential volunteer has reached out to me so far, so thanks
> for the tweet :)
>
> -Frank
>
> On Tue, Oct 8, 2019 at 6:41 PM Bruno Oliveira <nicoddemus at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Frank,
>>
>> Thanks for the interest in transferring pytest-ordering over to
>> pytest-dev!
>>
>> Keep in mind though that the intent of moving plugins over to the
>> pytest-dev organization is not to transfer maintenance responsibilities,
>> but a way for plugins to get more visibility and prevent "plugin
>> abandonment", where the sole maintainer is no longer responsive and the
>> plugin is effectively dead because nobody else has commit/publishing
>> rights.
>>
>> Having said that, before moving the plugin over to pytest-dev (which it
>> would be welcome otherwise!) I suggest to find some co-maintainers first,
>> so when the plugin gets transferred, it will have someone to fix the
>> eventual bug or merge a PR.
>>
>> People have had great success getting interested co-maintainers by
>> posting to mailing lists and Twitter, as well as asking if any of the
>> previous contributors would be interested in being co-maintainers; it might
>> be surprising how sometimes people step in.
>>
>> Let me know if you have any questions!
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Bruno
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 8, 2019 at 5:45 PM Frank Tobia <frank.tobia at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi there,
>>>
>>> I wrote pytest-ordering but I haven't been doing a great job of
>>> maintaining it. I'd like to transfer ownership to the pytest-dev group if
>>> that's amenable. I think all the requirements for transferring are
>>> fulfilled but I'd appreciate calling out if I missed something (
>>> https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.rst#submitting-plugins-to-pytest-dev
>>> ).
>>>
>>> Here's the repo: https://github.com/ftobia/pytest-ordering
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>
>>> -Frank
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>>
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