Hi Deepal, If you feel I am capable enoguh, I have some time to work on.
Thanks Andun On 28 Jun 2015 11:52, "Deepal jayasinghe" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Andun, > > We can definitely make you an Axis2 committer if you would like to > contribute. > > Deepal > > Hi, > > I am not comitter for Syanpase or Axis2. But I have worked with both these > projects closely. If there is a lack of man power, I can join the process > to help. > > Thanks > Andun > On 28 Jun 2015 11:06, "Hiranya Jayathilaka" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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] <[email protected]>; Mobile: +1 (805) >> 895-7443 <%2B1%20%28805%29%20895-7443> >> 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] <[email protected]>; Mobile: +1 (805) >> 895-7443 >> Blog: http://techfeast-hiranya.blogspot.com >> >> >
