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Re: [epp-dev] Time to retire the UDC?
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m2e is (or should it be 'was' already?) planning to use UDC to collect
information about Maven plugins actually used by our users. m2e version
we release in June requires explicit support for each Maven plugin. This
is a fundamental change from previous versions, which did not have such
requirement. There are roughly 800 opensource maven plugins and without
usage statistics it will much harder for us to efficiently prioritise
m2e support work. It is unfortunate that this change is being proposed
so close to Indigo release date, leaving us without a chance to
implement an alternative solution, not to mention the effort we invested
building m2e/udc integration.
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Regards,
Igor
On 11-05-20 04:40 PM, Wayne Beaton wrote:
Hey folks.
We've been running the UDC for a number of years now. Despite my own
efforts and the efforts of several individuals, companies, and
university researchers, we have not yet been able to make any really
valuable use out of the data. My sense is that the amount of effort that
we've been spending far outstrips the value of the data collected. And,
as the bug record indicates, we really need to spend more effort to just
maintain the status quo.
Unfortunately, attracting additional committers to the project won't
solve the problem. Ultimately, it's the huge volume of data that the
main problem. Privacy concerns prevent us from making this data widely
available, and careful dissemination to individuals has proven fruitless.
Ian and I have discussed this and we feel that it is time to retire the UDC.
I am concerned about making changes to the composition of the packages
at this late date in our development cycle, but would like to recommend
that we do so immediately to ensure adequate time for testing. I will
plan to archive UDC following the Indigo release.
Time is very short for discussion, but I am open to suggestions or
counterarguments.
Thanks for your attention and support.
Wayne
