I'm opening this up for dev@ in the hope of getting some more feedback. Thanks, Hiranya
Begin forwarded message: > From: Hiranya Jayathilaka <[email protected]> > Subject: Time to Call it a Day? > Date: June 10, 2015 12:08:33 AM PDT > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > [THIS AN INITIAL REQUEST FOR COMMENTS ONLY. NOT A VOTE.] > > Hi Folks, > > It doesn't look like there's any active development happening in Synapse > anymore. Here's a quick run down of our track record over the last few years: > > > No. of commits in 2015: 2 > No. of commits in 2014: 10 > Last committer vote: December 2013 > Last release: January 2012 (v2.1) > > Needless to say these are not the signs of a healthy open source project. > Additionally, we have very little traffic on our mailing lists, and our > efforts to do a release have been impeded by a number of factors (committers > having difficulty finding time, slow release cycles of Axis2 and other > dependencies etc.). > > Deepal is trying really hard to get an Axis2 release out the door, but > despite his best efforts that release is also being delayed due to lack of > time and manpower. > > Given this status, I'm beginning to wonder whether it's time to close down > the shop, and move the project into Attic. What do you think? > > In my PERSONAL opinion, both Axis2 and Synapse have had a great run, and now > it's time for them to gracefully retire. From the lack of mailing list and > development activity, it looks like there's not much interest in these > technologies any more. At least not to the point, where new releases are > required -- existing users might still need patches and routine maintenance > to already released code. The problems these projects attempt to solve (SOAP > services and enterprise integration), have been well studied, researched and > solved over the last 15 years. Many powerful and mature solutions exist (some > of which are based on Axis2 and Synapse), but there doesn't seem to be any > interest towards further developing these core platforms. The industry focus > has shifted to other matters. > > However, that's just my personal view point. If the community at large > believes otherwise, then we need to take a few corrective measures. Some of > us need to join the Axis2 release effort, and expedite that release cycle. > There's an open invitation from the Axis2 PMC, and I'm sure they will be > happy to grant us commit access if any of us are willing to join. Then we > need to get the Synapse release process underway, and start thinking about > the future development prospects for the Synapse project. > > Let me know what you think. > > Thanks, > > Hiranya > > > -- > Hiranya Jayathilaka > Mayhem Lab/RACE Lab; > Dept. of Computer Science, UCSB; http://cs.ucsb.edu > E-mail: [email protected]; Mobile: +1 (805) 895-7443 > Blog: http://techfeast-hiranya.blogspot.com -- Hiranya Jayathilaka Mayhem Lab/RACE Lab; Dept. of Computer Science, UCSB; http://cs.ucsb.edu E-mail: [email protected]; Mobile: +1 (805) 895-7443 Blog: http://techfeast-hiranya.blogspot.com
