[Nix-dev] Nixpkgs-monitor. New milestone: patches

[Moritz Ulrich]

Not sure if this is still relevant - I'll drop my thoughts nonetheless.


I think a (web) dashboard *and* email reports would be useful. I
personally don't care very much about a RSS feed, but generating it
wouldn't be that hard either. 


Email reports are mostly useful if they're maintainer-specific. I don't
think it's useful to send out emails for every package with never
versions available.

Another thing to keep in mind are packages with multiple maintainers:
You should make sure that not both (or more) start working on the same
update. For email notification, putting all maintainers in the CC field
makes such coordination pretty easy.

It would also be nice to send just one mail for multiple packages, if
the maintainer list is the same for all.


The last time the data was updates on the main page would be helpful
too. 

phreedom at yandex.ru writes:

> Hi
>
> I'm happy to announce that Nixpkgs-monitor has for the most part successfully 
> generated about 1.6k patches. Some of them might even compile(!)
>
> Known issue: md5 and sha1 hashes might cause issues. Will fix that on the next 
> update run along with smaller hiccups.
>
> In the next few days I'll be busy polishing the existing features, and in the 
> meanwhile, I'd like to discuss usability.
>
> What would make you actively use nixpkgs monitor, keep it open in your browser 
> window and hit refresh every few hours? Or maybe you want a rss feed and we 
> could discuss specifics? Email reports?
>
> Whatever you suggest, please *be very specific*.
>
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Moritz Ulrich
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