I continue to be concerned about the project's ability to graduate from the Incubator.
Right now, the last commit was ~1.5 months ago. Since July 1, there was just a single contributor to the project. There were no substantive discussions on the dev@ mailing list since June. I can confidently say that the chances of ever graduating are very slim. In my mind, the issue is "fit" between the project and the Foundation. The Foundation imposes on a lot of requirements on the project. Those make sense for some category of projects. I believe the tradeoffs here are not in favor of Amaterasu -- you need to give a lot, and receive a little -- ultimately decreasing the chance of Amaterasu being successful. Nobody should perceive that as a failure -- simply an issue of a fit. The project is good, provides value, and has some interest around it. This is not pass/fail test for the project. My opinion is that the best path forward is to the retire Amaterasu podling, and enable the project to thrive as a standalone project, without any of the encumbrances imposed on the project right now. Thoughts? (I know this is something that nobody wants. Again, it is not a failure of any kind -- just an issue of fit.) Davor
