> > > Uhm, wait. I thought Apache wasn't interested in abandoned code dumps. > There are no developers behind this, there are no updates and the author is > saying he is not interesting in maintaining it. I like Joe and Alex, they > have done a lot for us, but is this really the direction we want to go? > > well .. how about formalizing the process of "from submission to code base"? I mean there could be some sort of separate "entry-pile", where you could submit any type of component that would be considered safe from legal perspective. From there - three ways of progress would be feasible -
1) someone will catch-on, and start maintaining (trackable) 2) someone will fork, modify original sources while sticking to the original idea + start maintaining (again trackable) 3) no-one will do any of above, and component moves to "trash" after certain period (again trackable) this way, a lot of "fresh" - potentially incoming stuff wouldn't be burned by difficult entry process and only beasts with high-survival value would make it into actual code base. Your thoughts?
