On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 2:10 PM, Sam Ruby <ru...@intertwingly.net> wrote: > On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 8:22 AM, Robert Burrell Donkin > <robertburrelldon...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 11:56 AM, Ross Gardler >> <rgard...@opendirective.com> wrote: >>> On 16 January 2012 11:51, Robert Burrell Donkin >>> <robertburrelldon...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> ... >>> >>>> Terminating projects with active communities is the area of active dispute >>> >>> Can you please provide a link to a message in the archive that states >>> that a project with an active community should be terminated? >> >> http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-general/201201.mbox/%3CCAOFYJNbZ6PYSHZnfgm7GQSVwECoKqDQRjHMJwOLCmXCYUBbiUA%40mail.gmail.com%3E > > Close reading of that message indicates a suggestion that an inactive > community be terminated.
The email suggests termination as the final solution for a number of podlings If the intention was to highlight potentially inactive podlings, labeling them as 'inactive' would have been clearer <snip> >> Language is important. Project 'termination' feels very different from >> 'parking' or 'emeritus graduation', even though the actions taken in >> each case may be very similar. > >> IMO it's time to start thinking about, describing and documentation >> exit paths which lead outside Apache without a judgment of failure on >> anyone's part > > http://incubator.apache.org/projects/index.html#graduated > http://incubator.apache.org/projects/index.html#dormant > http://incubator.apache.org/projects/index.html#retired > > Perhaps "dormant" would be an appropriate description of the Kato > polding at this time? Kato is now - and has been - stalled for more than a year: work was stopped by an external impediment (rather than interest drifting away) [1] It would have been clearer to be able to mark this sort of situation and suspend animation Robert [1] The community awaits a decision from Oracle. At one time, this was expected promptly. Now hope fades. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
