Docs/Authorities: restructure maintenance.md as single source of truth - #11982
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Restructure docs/development/maintenance.md: components are listed
alphabetically by their folder name in components/ILIAS/, each with
a uniform authority block, and the file replaces the per-component
maintenance.json files as the single source of truth for
maintainership data.
Structural changes:
- one block per component folder with GitHub link and Feature-Wiki
assignment ("Belongs to"); wiki-grouped folders (Login/Auth,
ECS Interface, Study Programme, ...) share their authority data
- authority entries use the format
[<github-username>](<link-to-docu-profile>), documented in
"How Authority Assignments are Stored"
- "Tester" and "Unit-specific Guidelines, Rules, and Regulations"
fields dropped (TB decisions, July 2026)
- all 164 maintenance.json files removed (163 component folders
plus templates/maintenance.json)
- ilComponentBuildPluginInfoObjectiveTest::testScanDir no longer
expects maintenance.json; dead maintenance.json links in
components/ILIAS/Refinery/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md now point to the
maintenance.md
Authority updates agreed with the maintainers (July/August 2026):
- AuthSOAP: Pascal Seeland removed -> mjansen, thojou
- OpenIdConnect: smeyer -> mjansen, thojou
- Cache, FileDelivery, FileServices -> fschmid
- soap -> minervis (githamo, sKarki999; De-Assign: TimoScheuer)
- VirusScanner -> unmaintained (rschenk stepped down)
- Html assigned to Security instead of Forum (component is the
HTML-Purifier service)
- Init mapped to "Initialisation Service" (mjansen, tfuhrer,
fschmid) instead of the Login/Auth group
- ILIASObject: username fixed fawinike -> skergomard (usr 44474)
- Feature-Wiki links added for BackgroundTasks, CmiXapi (xAPI),
ContentPage, FileUpload (File), GlobalScreen, Group,
IndividualAssessment, Taxonomy
Cleanup (TB decisions):
- Cloud and SystemFolder components removed; note: Cloud contained
the RemoveCloudDBUpdate setup migration
- Http_, UI_ and BackgroundTasks_ intentionally stay listed as
unmaintained
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Summary
This PR restructures
docs/development/maintenance.mdand makes it the single source of truth for component maintainerships, replacing the per-componentmaintenance.jsonfiles.components/ILIAS/, one uniform authority block each, with a GitHub link and the Feature-Wiki assignment (Belongs to); folders grouped under one Feature-Wiki component (Login/Auth & Registration, ECS Interface, Study Programme, …) share their authority data[<github-username>](<link-to-docu-profile>), documented in How Authority Assignments are StoredTesterandUnit-specific Guidelines, Rules, and Regulationsfields were dropped (Technical Board decisions, July 2026)maintenance.jsonfiles are removed (163 component folders plustemplates/maintenance.json);ilComponentBuildPluginInfoObjectiveTest::testScanDirand the deadmaintenance.jsonlinks incomponents/ILIAS/Refinery/docs/CONTRIBUTING.mdwere adjusted accordinglyAll authority changes in this PR were confirmed with the affected maintainers during an outreach round in July/August 2026 (AuthSOAP & OpenIdConnect → mjansen + thojou, Cache/FileDelivery/FileServices → fschmid, soap → minervis, VirusScanner → unmaintained, Html → Security, Init → Initialisation Service, ILIASObject username fix), and all upstream authority commits through afde68d/8af32b1 are included.
Cleanup agreed by the Technical Board: the
CloudandSystemFoldercomponents are removed. Reviewer note:Cloudcontained theRemoveCloudDBUpdatesetup migration — please confirm all supported update paths have already shipped it.Follow-ups (handled separately)
Http_andUI_)For the Technical Board of the ILIAS Association