+1 for holding off as long as work is planned. thx for the update mck!
On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 8:30 AM, Greg Reddin <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 9:01 AM, Mck <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Fri, 2013-03-15 at 16:40 -0500, Greg Reddin wrote: >> > What do you guys think? Should we try to re-kickstart the project or >> > retire it? >> >> I have a backlog of work around velocity and mustache that will result >> in a release or two. I'm dragging my heels in getting to it but it's >> expected this quarter. If we could keep the evaluation period open a >> little longer. >> > > No problem. As long as there is some activity, or at least planned > activity, I don't think the board will have a problem with it. And we have > another quarter before we have to report again. > > But here's the other concern: Apache is more about the community of the > projects than the substance of the projects. Apache would not like to see a > project that has only one active committer. My goal for the last couple of > years has been to help reconstitute the PMC and eventually step down. > Between you, Nicolas, and myself, we have three voting members. It would be > good to recruit a few more PMC members if we want to keep the project > going. That way, the project wouldn't depend on one or two people always > being active. > > If we don't see that happening, the other option would be to fork the > project over to GitHub or something, give it a different name, and let > Tiles go to the attic. Of course, anyone who still wanted to contribute > could do so. In fact it might be easier with a model like GitHub because > there would be a lower barrier to entry. The only difference is we wouldn't > get the legal support, etc. that Apache brings. But, in all the years this > project has existed, we haven't really needed that anyway. > > So it's something to think about. Again, we don't have to make a decision > for another quarter. But if we don't see more interest between now and then > I'd probably recommend the attic. > > Greg > > > >> ~mck >> >>
