Oops. Let this slip by without responding... Apologies. On Mar 18, 2010, at 1:59 PM, David L Kaminsky wrote: > I think the lack of response to this e-mail kind of summarizes the state > pretty well. > :) > > IMO, Imperius is an excellent implementation of a policy engine, but either > (a) it hasn't been well publicized, so only a small number of groups are > using it, or (b) there is currently only a small group of potential users. Or > some of both. > To be clear, my comments / questions have nothing to do with the quality of the Imperius implementation nor with any of the committers on the project. > > That puts the project in an intermediate state -- a small user base, perhaps > growing very slowing, but with no immediate expectation of accelerating > growth. > > If there were a substantial cost to keeping Imperius going, I think it would > make sense to shut it down. However, I don't think that's true. > > Unless there's a clear reason to shut it down -- and perhaps there is one -- > I'd suggest just seeing how it goes for awhile. I'd also wonder if there are > ways to better publicize the work. > > Anyway, just my 2 cents ... > Apache is interested in fostering healthy, diverse, meritocratic communities around open source projects. Incubation is not intended to be a never-ending process. I think we should put a timeline for making a community decision.
Our next board report is April. The subsequent report is July. I propose we make the July Incubator board report a target for reaching a decision about what we think should happen to the Imperius community. What do others think? --kevan
