Hi Joe, The Commons RDF incubator project has not removed their previous Github presence yet [1], as it gained a following before the move into the incubator and we didn't want to break those links prematurely before people recognised the new location. What we did do when accepted to the incubator was to update the README.md file to include a notice redirecting users to the Apache Incubator site, but otherwise it has left the git history before that point intact.
The Apache incubator repository [2] still has significantly less watchers/stars/forks than the original repo, but the numbers on the original repo have not changed significantly since moving to the incubator. Does Apache use GitHub's "move" repository functionality that adds a redirect if the name changes once? If not, is it viable for the Commons RDF group to keep their original project (which contains directions on how to get to the current repository) until they graduate get a permanent location in the /apache/ namespace to minimise the number of broken links around the internet to this project? This project, and others, may be concerned about both their likelihood of graduating from the incubator (requiring them to go back to their previous Github organisation), and the Apache policy on having two renames for their project, which damages their brand if people find broken links on the internet. Thanks, Peter [1] https://github.com/commons-rdf/commons-rdf [2] https://github.com/apache/incubator-commonsrdf On 3 November 2015 at 02:01, Joe Schaefer <joes...@gmail.com> wrote: > One of the concerns members are talking about with podlings on github > concerns their overall presence there. To be brief, we need to take a > closer look at any podlings that are using their own project on github > versus using their clone on the apache github project. > > So that opens the question I now put to the mentors: do we have any > podlings that are hosting on github using anything other than their > github.com/apache presence? --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
