Hi all, thanks for the interest on that project!!!
I can only quote Tommaso on asserting that * IP is the blocking issue - deeply involved people are working on it, hope to get a reply ASAP (we could ping them directly anyway to get feedbacks) * we never made a release: this is something concerning the previous point; * Shiro subproject is an option that really gets my interest, I am +1 on this Thanks a lot Kalle! all the best, have a nice day, -Simo http://people.apache.org/~simonetripodi/ http://simonetripodi.livejournal.com/ http://twitter.com/simonetripodi http://www.99soft.org/ On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 11:41 PM, Kalle Korhonen <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 12:49 AM, Tommaso Teofili > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi Kalle, >> first of all, thanks for this, I was also monitoring that thread on >> general@and I agree we (Apache Amber) need to take some decision about >> project's >> future. > > No problem, just giving it as an option - I'd hate that you'd get > stuck in incubator, not realizing there are alternative ways to > graduate. > >> The only obstacle I see is the IP stuff which is keeping us from being able >> to make a release, and thus could block our graduation. >> I don't know Shiro enough to say if the 'subproject way' could be just >> good, however I think that it would be worth inspecting, considering also >> that Amber PMC is not that big (and it looks that Shiro PMC is not big >> either). >> What do others think? > > Big it doesn't need to be. Is the project and community viable, or > self-governing, is the question. If you have three active members, you > should absolutely go for TLP. Whoever is active on the project right > now should make it a priority to get the IP resolved. Staying in the > incubator for too long can wear you out; I'm speaking from experience > :) > > Kalle
