>>> Project states, if wanted, should be on the Wiki in a list, "this is >>> how we feel about projects, but a committer can still commit and do >>> work" >> >> That's a separate issue from attracting outside contributions. >> >> But I think there are some components that are clearly not going to be >> developed further, e.g. because the need for them has gone away. > > Good point. But does that mean we need more states than alive and > dead? Thinking about The Princess Bride... > > I was thinking of the edge case where someone wants a bug fix in a > sleepy project because they have to fix an older application that uses > the component directly or indirectly.
He still can as he can do in dormant or sandbox components. No big deal for me. I am fine with putting a component to dormant instead of having a fourth state. It should be easy to put a component to sleep or wake it up again. Probably not even moving them in svn, jsut indicating in a "components health page" at commons.a.o > > Gary > >> >>> 2c, >>> Gary >>> >>>> >>>>> 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 >>>>> >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> E-Mail: garydgreg...@gmail.com | ggreg...@apache.org >>> JUnit in Action, 2nd Ed: http://bit.ly/ECvg0 >>> Spring Batch in Action: http://bit.ly/bqpbCK >>> Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com >>> Home: http://garygregory.com/ >>> Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> 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 >> > > > > -- > E-Mail: garydgreg...@gmail.com | ggreg...@apache.org > JUnit in Action, 2nd Ed: http://bit.ly/ECvg0 > Spring Batch in Action: http://bit.ly/bqpbCK > Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com > Home: http://garygregory.com/ > Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > -- 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
