[Product-Developers] request for product removal: ExpandableNavigation

[Martin Aspeli]

On 8 October 2011 18:19, Wouter Vanden Hove <wouter at wvhconsulting.org>wrote:

> Kees Hink wrote:
>
> > Products.ExpandableNavigation, a product for Plone2.5 which has never
> seen
> > a full release, can be removed from plone.org
> > (http://plone.org/products/expandablenavigation). I've marked it
> > "DISCONTINUED" a year ago.
> >
> > I can't do this myself, would someone do it for me?
> >
> > And after, i think it's also a good idea to remove the code from
> > http://svn.plone.org/svn/collective/Products.ExpandableNavigation/?
>
>
> I consider this *very* bad practice.
>
> You cannot know who is using this software.
> You cannot know somebody might need to update/migrate an old Plone2.5-site
> using this module in the future.
> You cannot know know someone in the future might be interested to study
> and/or continue development.
>
> It would be absolutely horrible if all packages/Products would disappear
> like this just because the original developer lost interest in maintaining
> it.
>
> Just put in a notice that you as the original developer lost interest in
> maintaining this package. Do not make it impossible for someone to take
> over in the future.


+1 - we can remove things from plone.org if we really don't want new users
to find it.

But removing from PyPI and/or SVN/GitHub is a cardinal sin.

Martin
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