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Mothballing and archiving the node-eps process #335
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@nodejs/tsc: For those who are not familiar with the term: mothballing == to stop using (a piece of equipment or a building) but keep it in good condition so that it can readily be used again.
Essentially, the nodejs/node-eps process has not been an overly successful process. The conversations there tend to get lost in the weeds, fail to progress, and attract trolling and bad behavior. The process of just setting up a working fork or working via a PR has been extremely successful in comparison (see URL, http2, n-api, node-chakracore, @bmeck's ESM PR, all for good examples).
The nodejs/node-eps approach never really got the love it needed from the TSC/CTC to be successful. I'm proposing that we archive the repo and no longer push it as a recommended process.
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Trott commentedon Sep 7, 2017
SGTM
mcollina commentedon Sep 7, 2017
SGTM
MylesBorins commentedon Sep 7, 2017
thefourtheye commentedon Sep 7, 2017
SGTM
mhdawson commentedon Sep 8, 2017
I wish we had an alternative but seeing how little love it has received SGTM for now.
jasnell commentedon Sep 12, 2017
@nodejs/tsc ... we need more tsc members to weigh in.
bnoordhuis commentedon Sep 12, 2017
One more SGTM for the collection.
targos commentedon Sep 12, 2017
SGTM
evanlucas commentedon Sep 12, 2017
I like that idea
Trott commentedon Sep 12, 2017
No one objected. 5 members besides you gave it the thumbs up. It was open for 5 days and TSC was @-notified immediately when the issue was opened.
That's consensus. Someone who hasn't spoken up by now can be considered a "no objection" and/or "no opinion".
(And now you have three more approvals! Four more if you include Joyee's thumbs up reaction.)
jasnell commentedon Sep 13, 2017
Indeed, I'm happy to call it in favor of the proposal. It would just be helpful if all 22 TSC members would generally be more proactive about weighing in on such issues. As it is, assuming we're moving forward with this, I will open a PR against the nodejs/node-eps repo updating the README to say that it is archived and will open an issue there communicating the same.
jasnell commentedon Sep 13, 2017
Closing as the issue appears to be resolved.
Fishrock123 commentedon Sep 20, 2017
... I am not for this. I think it is useful and it should be used more.
ofrobots commentedon Sep 20, 2017
I thought I had commented on this already. Here's post-closing +1 on this proposal.
doc: remove recommendation to use node-eps
doc: remove recommendation to use node-eps
SamB commentedon Jun 21, 2019
Um ... shouldn't you have left a note about where to go instead at https://github.com/nodejs/node-eps#readme?