I would also be happy to sit on the PMC and help with release votes.
On 13 May 2013 19:22, Mattmann, Chris A (398J) < chris.a.mattm...@jpl.nasa.gov> wrote: > Lewis, > > I was the original Champion of Any23, but didn't include myself in the > resolution to create the TLP for hope that the community was in a good > shape and due to my limitation of cycles. > > I "care" about Any23 though and am happy it is here, but not happy to > hear that it's having issues. > > I will request to be added back to the PMC now, and see if I can lend > some cycles towards helping out. > > Cheers, > Chris > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Chris Mattmann, Ph.D. > Senior Computer Scientist > NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA 91109 USA > Office: 171-266B, Mailstop: 171-246 > Email: chris.a.mattm...@nasa.gov > WWW: http://sunset.usc.edu/~mattmann/ > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Adjunct Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department > University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ross Gardler <rgard...@opendirective.com> > Reply-To: "community@apache.org" <community@apache.org> > Date: Monday, May 13, 2013 5:05 AM > To: "community@apache.org" <community@apache.org> > Subject: Re: Any23 Community Discussion > > >Building a community for a small project is indeed hard work. > > > >Are there any other projects in the ASF that benefit from your > >existence? That is are there any projects that depend on your code? > > > >If there is then you might consider approaching those project > >communities and indicating that you are having problems getting > >releases out. Invite people from that PMC to join your own PMC so that > >they can do IP reviews on our releases and continue to use the code. > > > >If there are no direct dependencies are there any projects in a > >related space? You might find people willing to help out with IP > >reviews. > > > >As Luciano says having regular releases is important to building > >community. Therefore I suggest your first point of focus should be on > >ensuring you have people willing and able to help you get releases > >out. After that you can start focussing on attracting new > >contributors. > > > >Ross > > > >On 13 May 2013 15:56, Luciano Resende <luckbr1...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 2:40 PM, Lewis John Mcgibbney > >> <lewis.mcgibb...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> Hi All, > >>> Recently over at Apache Any23 we've been working towards a release, > >>>however > >>> we discovered that apart from around 3 or so project committers there > >>>is an > >>> apparent lack of enthusiasm from within the community to VOTE and for > >>>us to > >>> obtain quorum to release/make decisions. > >> > >> 3 active PMC votes is what you need to get a release out. > >> > >>> For clarity I've rolled back the release candidate and wanted to try > >>>and > >>> iron out some community issues, however I wanted some opinions from > >>>you guys > >>> before I can form my own opinion of where I want to see the project > >>>going. > >> > >> These discussions should really happen on the project dev list, and > >> should be a community decision... > >> > >>> For me the attic is the last resort. As this week has progressed, and > >>>people > >>> have started to chime in on the discussion over on dev@any23, I think > >>>that > >>> we will most likely not go to the attic. > >>> I am personally now recognizing that we have a small number of > >>>community > >>> members who enjoy developing the software as "it works", and in all > >>>honesty > >>> I am fine with that. I actually have the same user and dev > >>>requirements. > >>> Can anyone please provide me with examples/experiences of projects > >>>which > >>> have "struggled" to stay afloat, but have continued to push releases? > >>>I do > >>> not have experience of this and I am very keen to learn. > >> > >> Wink is a small community, where some members really come to play to > >> help get releases out. Having said that, we have a good number of > >> users that benefit from releasing often. > >> > >>> Thank you very much for reading. > >>> Lewis > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Lewis > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Luciano Resende > >> http://people.apache.org/~lresende > >> http://twitter.com/lresende1975 > >> http://lresende.blogspot.com/ > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: community-unsubscr...@apache.org > >> For additional commands, e-mail: community-h...@apache.org > >> > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: community-unsubscr...@apache.org > >For additional commands, e-mail: community-h...@apache.org > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: community-unsubscr...@apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: community-h...@apache.org > > -- NS
