Evaluate the Future of SimRel API and SimRel Pages on the PMI
While working on issue #139 (closed), @emerks was able to successfully generate a JSON file containing all the data we need to build the News and Noteworthy page for the Eclipse Release pages (e.g., https://eclipseide.org/release/noteworthy/ ). This page is currently populated using data from the SimRel API, but now that we have reliable source that can be generated automatically, we plan to switch to the new JSON file. This raises the question: is the SimRel API still useful if its data will no longer be used for N&N pages?
Additionally, we should consider whether the SimRel pages on the PMI are still needed. As highlighted by @wbeaton here, project pages currently display which Simultaneous Release a project is part of, but this information may no longer be useful.
I think we need to discuss and clarify the following:
- Do we still need the SimRel API?
- Do we still need the SimRel pages on the PMI?
- If so, should we pull the data from the JSON file Ed is creating, or should we update the API instead?