Thanks for the reminder Richard, In response, I’ve bumped the PMC-private discussion around adding new members interested in contributing.
- Taylor > On May 11, 2023, at 8:39 AM, Richard Zowalla <r...@apache.org> wrote: > > Hello, > > I know we are all busy with our day jobs, but is there any news? > > We had some activity after a move to the attic was proposed. In the process, > a few people volunteered to help with the project. > > A few weeks later, IMHO we are back to where we were before the proposal. > Mails are going nowhere and I've heard of a few people planning to just fork > Storm to get an updated version into production. > > If we want to prevent that and Storm should really be put into maintenance > mode, then we should urgently take care of expanding the PMC/Committers > circle, so that we are able to put out timely releases again and the work > regarding maintenance is distributed on more than just 2 shoulders. > > Don't take it as a rant, it's just my opinion as someone who runs a Storm > Cluster in production and would love to help the project to sustain. > > Gruß > Richard > > On 2023/05/02 12:58:00 Richard Zowalla wrote: >> Any updates? :-) >> >> Think Storm would benefit from a new release soon... >> >> Am Mittwoch, dem 22.02.2023 um 18:02 -0500 schrieb P. Taylor Goetz: >>> Quick update: >>> >>> The ASF Board voted to accept both our report and the resolution to >>> change PMC Chair. Board feedback on our report was positive. >>> >>> The next step is to expand the the PMC/Committers group. Official >>> votes will necessarily be private, but I see no reason nominations >>> can’t be public. >>> >>> So lets open a thread to talk about adding new contributors to the >>> PMC. Feel free to: >>> >>> 1. Volunteer to support the project as a PMC Member/Committer.. >>> 2. Nominate someone become PMC/Committer >>> >>> I have a few candidates in mind, and will follow up accordingly. >>> Votes for new members will be private, but successful votes for new >>> members will be announced on the public lists. >>> >>> One important way to contribute is to volunteer as a release manager >>> for any given release, even if we release infrequently (e.g. only in >>> response to a serious bug or security issue. I don’t have the >>> bandwidth to act in that role, though I will commit to support voting >>> on releases, etc. Ideally we would want at least two folks ready to >>> step into that role, but we can get by with one if necessary. >>> >>> Thanks again to everyone who’s expressed interest in contributing to >>> the project. >>> >>> - Taylor >> >>
