Please note: earlier messages Jim has sent were as "Jim, the individual" using his years of experience at Apache to review the situation, and to provide feedback. Chris Mattman has also been assisting lately; again, as "Chris, the individual".
This message below is on **behalf of the Board**. Jim may have been the messenger, but what is happening in Apache ActiveMQ is now a specific concern of the Board. As such, it needs to be addressed per Jim's note. Regards, Greg Stein ASF Director, and Vice Chairman On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 7:53 AM, Jim Jagielski <[email protected]> wrote: > I think it has become somewhat obvious that this is an issue which > is currently, as well as potentially, damaging an important > project and community. > > As such: > > The ASF board has taken notice of some PMC issues going on in ActiveMQ. > There appear to be two distinct factions under the same ASF umbrella of > this project: One is focusing on a codebase called "HornetQ"; another is > the more traditional Apache ActiveMQ PMC. What appeared to start off > as an opportunity for these 2 factions to merge and grow together, has > instead devolved into, for lack of a better term, a power struggle. > > The board is not happy about the current state of affairs. The job of > the VP is to be the eyes and ears of the board, and clearly that job is > not being done effectively. The board offers its help and strongly > encourages the PMC and the Chair to take it, before more pro-active > action is required by the board. > > We (the board) expect a full report by the current ActiveMQ PMC and a > roadmap for going forward, either as a single harmonious project, > or as 2 distinct projects. > >...
