Move mdformat back into @hukkin's account

[choldgraf]

@hukkin requested that we move the mdformat package back into his GitHub account, here's the request:

I'd really like to see this happen (given I keep dictatorship over mdformat (it can be less draining than shared governance)), or alternatively transfer mdformat (and any plugins you wish to give up) back to my account. It worries me a bit that there is no response here in almost 2 years.

Mdformat was transferred here mostly because years ago Chris S. happened to ask and I couldn't see much of a downside. Having it under the same organization as the parser it uses seemed reasonable. I was never well aware (still today am not 😄 ) of this organization's structure, funding, governance, product, values, or anything really, except for the fact that Chris S. had ported markdown-it under this org which was useful to me.

I feel today, for my maintenance, this organization is mostly a burden, setting false expectations of governance and processes. A few times I've noticed I don't have the permissions to do what I wanted. I often feel unsure about my rights to manage other repositories besides mdformat, even if I have the commit bit. Often having a clear single owner would've made things simpler.

@choldgraf's take

I think it makes sense to move the mdformat project back out into @hukkin's account. It wasn't created as part of the grant, and he's the original and current maintainer.

I suggest that @rowanc1 @jstac or @gregcaporaso chime in if they have any thoughts or objections. If not, then I'll plan to move the repository in a few days.

Suggestion

If there are no objections, then after Monday the 25th we'll move the following repositories to @hukkin 's account:

https://github.com/executablebooks/mdformat
https://github.com/executablebooks/mdformat-tables

@chrisjsewell if you prefer mdformat-tables to go under your account, just let me know and I can move them there instead. Otherwise @hukkin I'd ask that you respect Chris' wishes if he wants them moved under his account and communicates that to you later on. I think it's best for the mdformat project if all the extensions are in the same space if @hukkin is interested in maintaining them.

Will anything break?

Are there any considerations we need to take in doing the actual moving? E.g., things that might break?

[hukkin]

Thanks @choldgraf

I'll also gladly take any direct or indirect dependencies of mdformat-gfm, which out of EBP owned mdformat plugins seems to be only mdformat-tables. But @chrisjsewell is the author so I think that's for him to decide.

Regarding other EBP owned mdformat plugins, if there's someone to maintain them here (or elsewhere), that'd be great. If not (or I'm the expected maintainer), I'd rather have them transferred too.

[choldgraf]

yeah for all the mdformat stuff I'm +1 on moving that to your (or some other) org

[hukkin]

Friendly ping @choldgraf

In case you transfer mdformat-tables to me too, please also do so on PyPI (my username is the same as here).

I'd ask that you respect Chris' wishes if he wants them moved under his account and communicates that to you later on.

Of course!

[choldgraf]

I've moved mdformat to my account and initiated a transfer to @hukkin - can you accept? (apparently this is the only way to move an org repo like this).

I've done the same for mdformat-tables but I need @hukkin to delete your fork first so that I can transfer.

For PyPI it'll be a bit more time because I am temporarily locked out of my account. Perhaps @rowanc1 can do this part of the transfer if he has any cycles.

[hukkin]

Thanks @choldgraf, I've accepted mdformat and removed mdformat-tables fork.

[chrisjsewell]

@chrisjsewell if you prefer mdformat-tables to go under your account

yeh sure it's fine to go under @hukkin 's

It would be nice if one day #841 could be addressed, as @hukkin notes, this organisation now a burden for any development