Not sure about you community worries, but from a far distance it looks like new committers even got added lately. Looks not too bad for me... At a certain point in time a project is mature. Guess etch has reached this point and should have long since graduated imo.
LieGrue, strub ----- Original Message ----- > From: Martijn Dashorst <martijn.dasho...@gmail.com> > To: general@incubator.apache.org; etch-...@incubator.apache.org > Cc: > Sent: Monday, March 12, 2012 9:45 AM > Subject: Re: Etch status (Was: [Incubator Wiki] Update of "March2012" by > michaelfitzner) > > On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 12:59 PM, Jukka Zitting <jukka.zitt...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 8:56 PM, Jukka Zitting > <jukka.zitt...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> More generally, looking over the last quarter in Etch I see ongoing >>> technical work mostly by Michael Fitzner and Martin Veith but only >>> occasional input from others and not much focus on community-building. >>> Do you have plans on how to increase community activity and diversity, >>> or are you happy with the status quo? >> >> Any thoughts on this from Etch mentors or the PPMC? > > Etch is a slow moving community. AFAICT the code is mostly done, but > actively maintained. The space Etch operates in is quite crowded, so > community raising efforts are difficult. The engineers working on such > code are usually very busy doing other stuff rather than improving the > library. > > I've tried to contact the most recent voted-in committer, but he has > yet to respond, and do actual work on Etch. > > The other committers and PPMC members have either jobs that focus on > implementing things other than directly working with Etch, meaning > that Etch development only happens when they return to a part that > uses it. For example the suitable name search is currently undergoing, > but finding time to complete it is difficult. > > Trying to build a community around a networking stack is difficult, > especially this one with its history. The original company open > sourcing Etch disbanded the development team when no diversity was > present, blowing up the project. I don't blame the company: they have > to do what is best for them. Unfortunately it did severe damage to the > community. > > IMO they should have a great community opportunity in the automotive > industry (the active contributors are from a large 3-letter car > manufacturer in Germany). My expectation is that this industry (in > Germany) could expand the community with 3 or 4 committers. Raising > awareness by publishing an article about Etch in automotive > engineering magazines should help. I don't expect miracles to happen, > but if one or two companies start looking into etch, the diversity and > activity might just increase a bit. I've asked the guys to try to > write one or two articles in German magazines to raise awareness. > Unfortunately that has taken quite some time, but what I hear is that > they are in the final stages. > > I was hoping that the new committer would become active, and that > graduating Etch would be around the corner. It appears that we need > other new blood to invigorate the community. > > Martijn > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
