+1 on absorbing Ripple
On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 8:16 AM, Joe Bowser <bows...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 7:30 AM, Brent Lintner <brent.lint...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hey All, > > > > Since becoming an incubator project (being donated graciously by > > BlackBerry), Ripple has seen positive contributions. > > > > However, it is also apparent that the community does not seem large > enough > > to sustain a project like this as a top level project (let alone an > > individual PMC). > > > > Three of the original contributors/creators of Ripple are now fully > > involved in a new technology startup in an unrelated field and therefore > we > > no longer have the resources to support Ripple in ASF. Also, BlackBerry > has > > given no resources to help since donating Ripple to the ASF (this might > be > > due to a change in their internal priorities). > > > > Given this, I would like to propose: > > > > 1. We find more community members willing to lead committership of the > > project, and see how that goes. > > > > 2. We also consider the eventuality of folding Ripple into another ASF > > project, if possible. If so, it would seem Cordova is a candidate for > this, > > especially given the project being one of Ripple's main focus and > support. > > If the community votes for this, we should involve the Cordova community > to > > gage their interests as well (I've CC'd their mailing list in this > email). > > I'd +1 this. I'd like to see Ripple live on in some form if people > are still using it, even though I don't use it personally. > > > > > 3. If the above does not work out, I would then suggest we consider the > > most unfortunate (put perhaps prudent) eventuality, which is to "fail" > > Ripple as an incubator project. "fail" is this case, not being negative. > > > > So, Incubator projects can't go into the Attic? That's what the ASF > does with projects that become inactive after they leave incubator. > I'm sure the ASF doesn't want to get into the habit of taking > abandoned projects and shoving everything into the attic, so I'd > rather see it get included in Cordova as one of the less active > repositories. >
