I think the whole formality of project state should be replaced with a live activity widget like can be seen on other sites. Commit activity and such. If someone were thinking of contributing to a project, the incentive would be removed or seriously diminished by a dead/sleepy project state.
Gary On Jan 9, 2012, at 6:59, Christian Grobmeier <grobme...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > Jelly did not see any activity for nearly two years: > http://svnsearch.org/svnsearch/repos/ASF/search?path=%2Fcommons%2Fproper%2Fjelly > > Last release was in 01.2010. > > We had already discussion on a process to move proper components into > another state, be it "dormant" or "inactive". I would like to > resurrect this discussion. We have had a lots of discussion in the > past: somebody wanted to progress with somehting, like graduating > graph or using Java 5 in a component and the response sometimes was we > have to less man power at Commons. > > Therefore I think we need to tell the people for which components they > can expect releases and for which ones not. Otherwise outsiders may > look at a huge bunch of components and see only little activity. > Wouldn't it be better instead to show only a handful components which > are actively developed? > > Looking at Jelly, it is orphaned. No releases, no releases to be > expected. I would like to move it to dormant or to a new transition > state, if people wish so, maybe called "orphaned" or "inactive" or > whatever. > > What are your thoughts? > > Cheers > Christian > > -- > http://www.grobmeier.de > https://www.timeandbill.de > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
