Hi, Thanks for the answer. I'm not sure the tgz is used that much. I was more thinking about maven central stats.
Thanks, Henri On Thu, 25 Jul 2024 at 05:56, Mark Bretl <mbr...@apache.org> wrote: > Hi Henri, > > Thank you for your response and willingness to help the community. For the > latest release, 1.14.4/apache-geode-1.14.4.tgz, there were 21 hits (most > likely full downloads) for the current month. We have put out help requests > a few times over the past couple of years, but nothing seems to come to > fruition with making changes. I feel that once we lost corporate > sponsorship and 'support' went back to a private company, that is where > most of the users are since it does take quite a bit of knowledge to truly > understand the value of the Geode technology. > > For CI, we have had talks with Apache Infra, however, they are not able to > support the needed infrastructure for a proper CI framework. As for > maintaining and ownership of Geode, I think the Apache Software Foundation > is a great spot for most open source projects, including Geode. If anyone > would want to revive Geode out of the Attic, it would go through the > Incubator again to make sure it is self-sustaining again. I fully believe > that a community should be more than a couple of members, especially for > the level of effort needed, including the many source code repositories, > build framework, website, ticketing/security issues, and more. If there > truly is an effort to bring Geode from the Attic, if it is decided to go > that way, then I would be all for it with the support it needs. > > Best regards, > > Mark Bretl > Geode Project > > On Fri, Jul 19, 2024 at 10:28 AM Henri Tremblay <henri.tremb...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I couldn't answer before but I am a bit (sad) surprised nobody answered. > > I'm a happy user of Geode. > > Do you have the current download stats? > > Am I the only one or we are millions but nobody wants to help? > > > > About help, I would be happy to discuss the requirements for build it, CI > > it, and manage it. > > To see what I can do from there. > > > > Would it be possible to move it to another foundation or something at > > Apache should stay at Apache forever even if it means going to the Attic? > > > > On 2024/07/02 18:15:28 Mark Bretl wrote: > > > Hello community, > > > > > > This is a hard email to write, as I did not think we would be in this > > > situation when we launched Geode back in 2016, but this is the > situation > > we > > > are in. I think we have given enough time after losing the 'corporate > > > sponsorship' and still have not seen much traction. A few data points: > > > - No releases since September 2022 > > > - CI framework has not recovered after moving from sponsored hardware > > > - Minimal traffic on dev/user mailing lists > > > - Outstanding security issues which we have no one to fix > > > > > > As of now, Geode is on a trajectory to have to move to the Apache > Attic, > > a > > > place where projects go when they have reached an end of life. I am > > writing > > > this to the DEV/USER lists of the Geode community to see if we can get > > more > > > volunteers to help with all aspects of the community from docs and CICD > > > framework to fixing issues and creating new features in the code. We > will > > > take any amount of willingness to help keep Geode as an active project, > > but > > > we are not sustainable at this time. > > > > > > Please respond to this thread if you are wanting to help in any > capacity > > > with the project. I will keep this 'call for volunteers' open until > July > > > 22, at which point the PMC will begin a vote to move to the attic if > > there > > > is no significant increase in community development. > > > > > > Best Regards, > > > > > > Mark Bretl > > > Geode PMC Chair > > > > > >
