purl-next: Resolve ~150 community requests, issues, and pull requests

[pombredanne]

This is to address the extensive backlog of issues on PURL functionality, accessibility, security, and resilience, that requires extensive review and community engagement. Focusing on quantity helps give clear goals.

[DennisClark]

per @johnmhoran between 2025-06-01 and 2025-09-17 we closed/merged 138 issues and PRs

[mjherzog]

Between 2025-06-01 and 2025-09-30 we closed/merged 162 issues and PRs

[pombredanne]

Thanks. This is now completed.
We have a list of about 190 issues and PRs listed in:

• purl-next: Resolve batch of issues - batch 3 #11

I am repasting these here for convenience:

• From purl-next: Resolve batch of issues - batch 3 #11 (comment)

Type	Title	Comments	URL
Issue	Authorities and private registries	16	package-url#15
Issue	Update wiki when latest spec is merged	4	package-url#32
Issue	separate type from provider	21	package-url#33
Issue	Clarifications, in particular about version encoding	10	package-url#35
Issue	Percent encoding spec and : and /	39	package-url#39
Issue	Propose 1.0 Milestone	7	package-url#50
Issue	clarify handling of "+" (plus) sign and blanks (spaces)	5	package-url#58
Issue	Inconsistency in the description of the checksum qualifier.	6	package-url#73
Issue	Add hackage packages in purls-spec	1	package-url#80
Issue	nitpicking: repository_url is usually not an URL	3	package-url#81
Issue	Wildcards in purl?	13	package-url#84
Issue	OCI type: is version required?	3	package-url#157
Issue	Drop the notion of namespace from PackageURL	3	package-url#204
Issue	Missing lengths for purl parts / and purl as a whole	1	package-url#221
Issue	Change the purl type "pypi" because it is a registered trademark of pypi.org	4	package-url#225
Issue	`distro` qualifier should be standardized	3	package-url#247
Issue	Clarify the formal requirement on max length	3	package-url#289
Issue	Proposal: Solution for Purl Type Definitions	8	package-url#310
Issue	Move "how to" guides as appendices	4	package-url#334
Issue	Resolve spec-wide PURL encoding issues	1	package-url#344
Issue	Clarify spec for version	11	package-url#380
Issue	Clarify spec for namespace and name	2	package-url#381
Issue	Document PURL community meetings	2	package-url#384
Issue	How to use `vers:` with `pkg:`?	20	package-url#386
Issue	purl for PPAs?	1	package-url#387
Issue	Specify a loose formatted form?	4	package-url#408
Issue	Clarify construction of JSON test objects	6	package-url#419
Issue	Create purl-spec page for PURL community/TC54-TG2 meeting schedules and other information	9	package-url#429
Issue	Revisit "+" in the type	7	package-url#436
Issue	Define the "lowercase" operation in parser	13	package-url#437
Issue	Clarify "Character encoding" section	4	package-url#438
Issue	For simplicity's sake I would argue that the "percent-encode procedure" is **always** applied.	1	package-url#441
Issue	Proposal: add "PGT" as a purl type	1	package-url#442
Issue	revisit "subpath"'s "serializer" and "parser" sections	5	package-url#448
Issue	Examples don't follow your own spec	2	package-url#476
Issue	[QUESTION] Is there currently an implementation of the VERSION-RANGE-SPEC?	1	package-url#492
Issue	[question] can a component have a multiple purl	1	package-url#502
Issue	Have ppkarwasz join as a helper	3	package-url#507
Issue	Move VERS to a separate vers-spec repository	3	package-url#517
Issue	JSON Schema 2020 transition	3	package-url#518
Issue	Confirm JSON Schema version for PURL schemas	1	package-url#519
Issue	Restructure purl-spec repository	11	package-url#520
Issue	Plan migration of PURL-TYPES.rst data to new PURL Type JSON files	2	package-url#521
Issue	Move meetings folder to separate repository	10	package-url#523
Issue	Add Michael Herzog as an org-admin helper	1	package-url#524
Issue	Add/update purl-spec root files	1	package-url#526
Issue	Move VERS spec files to their own repo	12	package-url#541
Issue	Order in which "qualifiers" keys are rendered in stringification	8	package-url#546
Issue	Parsing explanation appears incorrect wrt to @	7	package-url#547
Issue	Should ":" be encoded in versions or not?	2	package-url#548
Issue	RFC: Proposing Salve @sjn as a spec helper	3	package-url#555
Issue	The colon ':', whether used as a Separator Character or otherwise MUST NOT be percent-encoded	3	package-url#574
Issue	Convert PURL-SPECIFICATION.rst to markdown files	1	package-url#581
Issue	purl parsing for `name` /`namespace` is faulty, according to spec	2	package-url#582
Issue	Ensure that qualifiers sorting is part of the core spec	2	package-url#585
Issue	Complete migration of PURL-SPECIFICATION.rst to /docs files	1	package-url#591
Issue	Convert remaining rST files to markdown format	5	package-url#592
Issue	Update markdown files in /docs to set 80 character lines	7	package-url#593
Issue	Update files in /docs/standard to apply Ecma standards	0	package-url#594
Issue	Create CI workflow to generate purl-specification.md and purl-standard.md documents	1	package-url#595
Issue	Delete the TODO from known-qualifiers.md	1	package-url#599
Issue	Complete Annex A for the Ecma Standard document	10	package-url#602
Issue	Complete Schema Sections for the Ecma Standard document	20	package-url#609
Issue	Complete Ecma Standard document	6	package-url#610
Issue	json schema issues	10	package-url#621
Issue	RPM - Missing required namespace in tests	0	package-url#639
Issue	Remove and clean "<class 'type'> " from tests conversion to JSON	9	package-url#651
Issue	Fix typo in JSON schema for tests: routrip -> roundtrip	1	package-url#652
Issue	Deprecate PURL-SPECIFICATION.rst and PURL-TYPES.rst	18	package-url#657
Issue	issues in docs/standard/purl-type-definition.schema.md	5	package-url#661
Issue	Empty MLFlow type_name	0	package-url#681
Issue	Add a PurlTypes enum	3	package-url#684
PR	add an example with `/` in namespace to README and SPEC	22	package-url#176
PR	docs: consistent naming of the `checksum` qualifier key	4	package-url#209
PR	Add Julia type and tests	6	package-url#237
PR	Add GitHub Actions type	8	package-url#243
PR	define handling of plus and space	7	package-url#261
PR	Add spec for `brew` package URLs	23	package-url#281
PR	Replace the `LICENSE` link with `mit.LICENSE`	5	package-url#351
PR	test: correct test description for leading slashes	1	package-url#365
PR	adding enumerated namespaces for the most popular vendors for `rpm` and `deb` types	12	package-url#370
PR	Add RFC 2119/8174 note and convert terms to uppercase as needed	2	package-url#373
PR	Add Schema that defines PURL types	1	package-url#401
PR	Updated CPAN type spec	6	package-url#420
PR	split test suite	4	package-url#428
PR	PURL add well-known qualifier `vers`	4	package-url#433
PR	add lexicographic vers scheme	5	package-url#443
PR	Clarify namespace and name components	10	package-url#453
PR	Subpath: simplify parsing	4	package-url#456
PR	Update "Character encoding" and related provisions package-url#438	9	package-url#461
PR	Add libversion as generic versioning scheme	2	package-url#474
PR	Add ReversingLabs Spectra Assure as an adopter	0	package-url#475
PR	TYPES: Add `gitee` type	1	package-url#477
PR	Clarify version definition package-url#380	2	package-url#479
PR	Add minutes for 2025-05-28 PURL community meeting package-url#384	0	package-url#483
PR	Clarify subpath definition re permitted characters package-url#379	0	package-url#485
PR	Add minutes for 2025-06-11 PURL community meeting package-url#384	0	package-url#487
PR	Add datetime as generic versioning scheme	0	package-url#490
PR	feat: Clarify case-folding behavior	1	package-url#497
PR	Streamline Unicode character references	1	package-url#508
PR	Remove plus from allowed character in type	1	package-url#509
PR	Align example with spec for colon	0	package-url#510
PR	Improve FAQ	0	package-url#512
PR	Refine Purl type schema	4	package-url#514
PR	Add minutes for 2025-06-25 PURL community meeting package-url#384	0	package-url#515
PR	Add minutes for 2025-07-09 and 2025-07-23 PURL community meetings package-url#384	1	package-url#532
PR	Rearranged website backend	0	package-url#533
PR	Add "raku" as a valid package URL type	9	package-url#536
PR	apply formatter	0	package-url#544
PR	Fix case_sensitive property name in types	1	package-url#545
PR	Fix tests that didn't have qualifier keys sorted	4	package-url#551
PR	Make clear that any ruby gem may use a qualifier and not just the Jruby gem	2	package-url#552
PR	Replace `known` with `registered` for purl type lists	1	package-url#553
PR	Remove meetings folder package-url#523	4	package-url#554
PR	Footer changes	0	package-url#557
PR	FIX some percent-encoding and qualifier order issue	4	package-url#559
PR	Update VERSION-RANGE-SPEC.rst package-url#541	2	package-url#560
PR	Add GetIt package type for Delphi	0	package-url#561
PR	Fix link to ADOPTERS in README	0	package-url#568
PR	Add Ecosyste.ms to ADOPTERS.md	0	package-url#569
PR	Update bad ordered query in expected_output.	3	package-url#572
PR	Tagline	0	package-url#580
PR	fix: parse PURL for name/namespace	3	package-url#583
PR	Create initial set of .md files from .rst package-url#581	13	package-url#586
PR	Fix purl-spec testcases	4	package-url#587
PR	Rename PURL-SPECIFICATION.rst to md package-url#581	1	package-url#589
PR	Regenerate purl-standard.md, add doc-generation.txt package-url#591	1	package-url#596
PR	definition improvements to make definitions ml-friendly	3	package-url#603
PR	Fix Schema ID URL and added missing MLflow type name	1	package-url#607
PR	Convert remaining rST files to markdown format	3	package-url#611
PR	Update /docs .md files to 78-column width max package-url#593	2	package-url#612
PR	Update the content of VERSION-RANGE-SPEC.rst package-url#541	1	package-url#613
PR	Ecma fixes for grammar and spelling	0	package-url#615
PR	Create Annex A -- .json files with line numbering package-url#602	0	package-url#616
PR	592 convert remaining rst to md	0	package-url#618
PR	Regenerate purl-standard.md	2	package-url#619
PR	Fixes some typos	0	package-url#640
PR	README-dev: update make file targets to latest changes	1	package-url#646
PR	FIX purl-types-index.schema.json schema $id URL	2	package-url#647
PR	Publish PURL schemas and types on GH pages	2	package-url#648
PR	Fix routrip typo package-url#652	0	package-url#653
PR	Add validation tests	0	package-url#654
PR	Update schema "title" values package-url#609	3	package-url#655
PR	Add, update .md files in /standard package-url#609	1	package-url#656
PR	Deprecate PURL .rst files package-url#657	1	package-url#658
PR	Added missing namespace in rpm-test.json	0	package-url#660
PR	Delete schema.md files as superseded by draft PURL v1.0 Ecma standard…	0	package-url#662
PR	Document "requirement" to PURL components	1	package-url#663
PR	Add "requirement" to PURL components	1	package-url#664
PR	Update purl-type-definition.json.schema to improve readability	1	package-url#665
PR	ECMA changes and corrections	0	package-url#666
PR	Improve requirement schema	1	package-url#667
PR	Deprecate spec and types .rst files package-url#657	0	package-url#668
PR	Remove obsolete .md files package-url#657	0	package-url#669
PR	Update .md files package-url#657	0	package-url#670
PR	add OpenVSX	1	package-url#671
PR	Update purl-specification.md	0	package-url#672
PR	Correct typos etc. in test JSON Schema files package-url#651	0	package-url#674
PR	Update VERSION-RANGE-SPEC.rst	0	package-url#677
PR	Freeze purl-type schemas for Ecma standard	0	package-url#679
PR	Add type_name in mlflow-definition.json	0	package-url#682
PR	fix gha permissions key	0	package-url#683
PR	Update generate-index-and-docs.yml	0	package-url#685
PR	adding Dark Sky Technology's Bulletproof Trust to the ADOPTERS list	1	package-url#688

• From: purl-next: Resolve batch of issues - batch 3 #11 (comment)

In addition with have also these on the vers-spec side for a total of about 190 PR and issues:

Title	URL
Create vers-spec repo under package-url	package-url/vers-spec#1
Remove files copied from purl-spec from vers-spec	package-url/vers-spec#2
Transfer Issues and PRs from purl-spec repo	package-url/vers-spec#4
[VERS] support composer's version scheme	package-url/vers-spec#6
add `semver` as version scheme	package-url/vers-spec#7
add `intdot` as version scheme	package-url/vers-spec#8
Version range	package-url/vers-spec#9
Link to Purl Version-Range does not work	package-url/vers-spec#10
M-1.2: Create the VERS JSON test suite with support for all specified ecosystems	package-url/vers-spec#12
add `datetime` as version scheme	package-url/vers-spec#14
mention `all` and `none` as version schemes	package-url/vers-spec#16
Create JSON reference test suite	package-url/vers-spec#27
Which repo to link?	package-url/vers-spec#30
Test files don't adhere to JSON schema	package-url/vers-spec#35
Migrate vers to its own repo	package-url/vers-spec#22
Delete purl-spec folders and files from vers-spec repo #2	package-url/vers-spec#25
Add schema for VERS tests	package-url/vers-spec#26
Add JSON reference test suite	package-url/vers-spec#28
Remove trailing hyphen artefact from tests	package-url/vers-spec#31
Conan native test fix	package-url/vers-spec#32
Nginx native fix	package-url/vers-spec#33
Npm native test fix	package-url/vers-spec#34
Fix wrong test_group in test files	package-url/vers-spec#36
Further specify the lexicographic scheme, add tests	package-url/vers-spec#37
Convert rst to md #38	package-url/vers-spec#39