[Jlab-scicomp-briefs] Issue with 'private' repos on GitHub

[Andy Kowalski]

Dear JLab GitHub users,

JLab's licensing arrangement with GitHub presently allows a
maximum of 450 'private' repos to be created under the
JeffersonLab organization.  We recently filled that quota
and are presently unable to create new private repos.
Unfortunately, due to a major restructuring of GitHub's
licensing plans there is no easy way to simply increase that
limit right now.

We are asking all GitHub members in the JeffersonLab
organization to review their repos marked 'private' and do one
of the following to help address this issue in the near term.
This link shows all private repos:
  https://github.com/JeffersonLab?q=&type=private

  1) If the repo doesn't really need to be 'private', change
     its Visibility to 'public' in the repo settings.
     * NOTE: 'public' does not mean that others can modify
             the repo.  If you would be comfortable putting
             a tarball on a wiki or webpage somewhere (ie.
             public_html/, etc), then 'public' should be
             fine on GitHub.

  2) If the repo is unused and unneeded, then delete it.
     (Check with collaborators first!)

  3) If appropriate, it could be transferred to your personal
     account. (Se repo settings: 'Transfer Ownership' at
     bottom.)
     ** One positive change in GitHub's setup is that
        personal accounts can now create private repositories.
        That used to be a paid-only feature.  So, some classes
        of work (ie.  papers, proposals, etc) can be well served
        under 'free' personal accounts.
      - Larger projects, and JLab-specific work should remain
        attached to the JeffersonLab organization.

** NOTE: There is no limit on 'public' repositories. Don't
         worry about those at all.

We're working on a long term solution to this issue, but
please investigate the steps above to help us all out in the
near term.