All, The Etch podling has been in the incubator for about 4 years. It has seen lots of drama with the departure of the original contributor of the project. Fortunately a very small, committed team has persevered and remained quietly in the incubator, committing bits and releasing the software. Recently they completed a second trademark search successfully and in my opinion there are no issues remaining to keep them in the incubator.
There are some issues to discuss: The community is small The PMC would consist of about 3 or 4 Etch ppmc members. I am willing to stay on as a PMC member if the podling is OK with that. While I don't have a direct use of the technology (personal or business wise) I do want to see this project succeed. In my opinion it is just damned sexy you can drive in your car and be using Apache software. The pace of development is slow The project is mature, and is used in production, so I expect it to move slower than the average web framework. It is also a protocol specification, so in that front I don't expect quick new releases. Perhaps if more automobile car entertainment system engineers would join and create a module system, more development would happen. Attracting new developers has proven difficult I suspect that being in the incubator is a (minor) part of this problem. While I don't expect droves of committers to join the project once graduated, I do think that having a top level project with a nice announcement prepared by/with Sally will help shine some much need light onto this framework. I don't expect that graduation is an instant magnet, but I do think remaining in the incubator is hurting further community development, given the nature of the software. Conclusion In my opinion Apache Etch (incubating) has completed all tasks assigned to the project when it entered. It has encountered hardship, it has prevailed. There is nothing left in the incubator for the Etch community to pursue. It is time for Etch to graduate. I'd like to hear more from the IPMC if there is support for this move. If so, I'll start the preparations for graduating Etch. Martijn Dashorst --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
