amtm Announcing AMTM-OSR, AMTM Orphaned Script Revival repository

[cmkelley]

THANK YOU!!!!

I was trying to find time to push one last update and ask for someone to take over scribe. I'm happy to see this more actively maintained by others.

Scribe was a fun learning project for me, and I apologize to the community for abandoning it without any notice. Things just happened.

 

[swejuggalo]

Woho! Can't wait to see Scribe being updated under AMTM-OSR

 

[Tarek Yag]

This is great news to my ears!
I'm supper happy to have my beloved orphaned scripts that I use getting a whole support team at once!
Endless thanks to everyone for taking the much needed step. In the near past, I had no doubt that this decision is coming any time in the future, and here it came finally!

Best wishes!

 

[CaptnDanLKW]

Just stumbled upon this by reading other threads. Wow, literally every addon I use are all Orphaned, some surprisingly. Everything working on 388_4 which is why I have not moved to 3006. That plus 2 RT-AC86U AI mesh nodes with lots of custom GN IoT changes. Thinking I might need to invest in a couple new AX86U Pros.

scribe and dn-vnstat are my go-tos - I have years of vnstat data that I like to review and hug occasionally. LOL and Sigh. It's a blessing, and a curse.

 

[Jeffrey Young]

I have years of vnstat data that I like to review and hug occasionally

Glad to see that I am not alone. I have years of usage data..... Before the days of unlimited usage, I used the data to make sure I was getting my money's worth.... Now, I think it is just habit

 

[ExtremeFiretop]

I don't want to speak out of turn for @thelonelycoder , there is "some" add-ons that are in the crosshairs, but I do want to clarify that I believe vnstat is safe from being unlisted from AMTM for now.

Outside of that bit of clarification, there hasn't been any additional discussion about it within the team.

 

[JGrana]

THANK YOU!!!!

I was trying to find time to push one last update and ask for someone to take over scribe. I'm happy to see this more actively maintained by others.

Scribe was a fun learning project for me, and I apologize to the community for abandoning it without any notice. Things just happened.

Thank you @cmkelley for starting and bringing this script to our Asus devices.
Im sure @Martinski will do a fine job carrying on!
Good luck in the future and thanks again.

 

[elorimer]

I just have a wee suggestion. Could we refer to this as the "Optional Script Repository"? These aren't orphaned. They were nurtured at a young age and are now matured, more fully open-source. I get that there was a problem with merging contributions, but they weren't abandoned at birth.

 

[visortgw]

I just have a wee suggestion. Could we refer to this as the "Optional Script Repository"? These aren't orphaned. They were nurtured at a young age and are now matured, more fully open-source. I get that there was a problem with merging contributions, but they weren't abandoned at birth.

Orphans can have been abandoned at any age!

 

[ExtremeFiretop]

An "Orphaned" app, is the technical term for an app, (or in this case script) without any specified technical owner.
Which is exactly what these are, examples:

How to Determine if Your Software Has Been Orphaned (And What to Do Next)

In a market crowded with applications, software-based tools, and software developers, it’s all too easy to invest in a dying product or unsustainable solution. Here’s how to spot software that’s on its way to the orphanage and tips to help you select a new tool.

www.nwsdigital.com

What are orphaned repos and why you should care

TLDR: If no one knows the code, how will you fix or redeploy it? Knowledge of code is important for maintaining, operating, and making bug or security fixes. However, removing unused repos might improve focus by removing clutter.

www.linkedin.com

Six Reasons why Orphan Applications Exist

Every person has something unique about the way they go about their work. These styles evolve over a period of time with people picking up practices from experience, co-workers or bosses.

www.linkedin.com

The reason why they became orphaned, or the age at which it happened doesn't matter, they can be "mature" or "immature" scripts, does not affect the fact that they have no specified owner.

 

[Tarek Yag]

I don't want to speak out of turn for @thelonelycoder , there is "some" add-ons that are in the crosshairs, but I do want to clarify that I believe vnstat is safe from being unlisted from AMTM for now.

Outside of that bit of clarification, there hasn't been any additional discussion about it within the team.

Unlimited data usage for broadband users is still not the case in a few poor countries worldwide. I don't think it would be a good decision to stop supporting dn-vnstat right now or in the foreseen future, especially that the lower-end Asus routers (AC series) just reached firmware EOL last year, which are the models most probably used in these countries such as in my case.

Nevertheless, there will always be people enjoying monitoring their internet usage for OCD reasons only! Again, such as in my case, I'm happily upgrading tomorrow to an Outdoor Wi-Fi service with unlimited data usage (though only 4 Mbps), but I still need to watch these stats... OCD!

 

[elorimer]

An "Orphaned" app, is the technical term for an app, (or in this case script) without any specified technical owner.

But if I understand it, these scripts are orphaned no more. They are under new management. Pixelserv, now, there's an orphan in every sense.

 

[ExtremeFiretop]

But if I understand it, these scripts are orphaned no more. They are under new management. Pixelserv, now, there's an orphan in every sense.

Any script part of the AMTM-OSR stewardship is not handled by any one person, it's a group of people updating a group of add-ons without owners.

As an example, just because I posted FlexQoS updates yesterday does not make me the owner of FlexQoS, tomorrow it could be @Martinski posting updates for FlexQoS, or @thelonelycoder.
As another example, I can easily say with confidence that MerlinAU is handled by me, because it's in my personal repo. (There can be no updates being pushed out for MerlinAU that I am unaware of, I promise.)

In comparison, I cannot say FlexQoS is handled by me, because it's hosted in AMTM-OSR.
Tomorrow someone else could pump out updates for FlexQoS which I had zero part in, and the updates can continue without me in the picture completely.

That's what makes the add-ons "Orphaned". No single person is calling the shots for them, and they have no dedicated "owner" handling them.

 

[Wrkdbf_Guy]

At one time, JGrana and I did a bit of work on something we called Arrismon - a Cable Modem monitoring script for Arris branded cable modems. It never went anywhere because it would have a very small user base and I was working on it as sort of an educational project for me to learn new systems - me being a retired software developer from other, older platforms. If anyone is interested (likely not), we could post this to the orphaned script repository.

 

[ExtremeFiretop]

At one time, JGrana and I did a bit of work on something we called Arrismon - a Cable Modem monitoring script for Arris branded cable modems. It never went anywhere because it would have a very small user base and I was working on it as sort of an educational project for me to learn new systems - me being a retired software developer from other, older platforms. If anyone is interested (likely not), we could post this to the orphaned script repository.

I'll let others weight in on this, but my understanding of AMTM-OSR was that it's a place for orphaned scripts from AMTM. unfortunately it sounds like Arrismon never made it to AMTM.

 

[Wrkdbf_Guy]

I'll let others weight in on this, but my understanding of AMTM-OSR was that it's a place for orphaned scripts from AMTM. unfortunately it sounds like Arrismon never made it to AMTM.

I agree.