> -----Original Message----- > From: Noel J. Bergman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 11:13 AM > To: Jakarta General List > Subject: RE: [Watchdog] Dead? > > Henri Yandell wrote: > > Noel J. Bergman wrote: > > > Secondly, I'm not one who favors "closing" an open source project. > Ever. > > > Only place I favour closing projects is when they are in > the incubator > > and 'fail', or in commons-sandbox. > > Depends upon what happens in the Incubator. If it does > actually fail, then I would probably concur that in most > cases we should remove the code from public view. The > project would be free to resurface elsewhere. > > But even if a sandbox project is just an experiment, as long > as it was properly developed within the ASF (as opposed to > something that improperly bypassed the Incubator), I'd > probably leave it fallow, and mark it as dormant. >
Agreed, I've been party to more than one revival in the Commons Sandbox, and I think that it is very valuable to give projects ample time to attract others with similar interests. I'm not agitating for the death of Watchdog, just noting inactivity, --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
