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 > >
