Hello folks, just a small heads up, I sent this to log4cxx.
Not sure if we can move the project back to the incubator if a couple of people are interested, but I am willing to find that out in case we manage to attract a few guys. Otherwise we should vote on the attic actually. Of course, comments are welcome. Cheers Christian ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Christian Grobmeier <grobme...@gmail.com> Date: Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 10:21 AM Subject: log4cxx - reaching out for interested developers To: Log4CXX Dev <log4cxx-...@logging.apache.org>, Log4J Users List <log4j-u...@logging.apache.org> Hello log4cxx users/devs, I wrote an E-Mail in february to consider log4cxx for the attic. The attic means the code is accessible, but no Apache committer is actively maintaining it or releasing code. In february a couple of people shown their interest in the project. I thought a while about it, considering to apply patches myself. But as I have not much knowledge/interest in c++ it is really not the best option. Another option came to my mind. I have not clarified it with others so far, so i am not sure if this would work out. Anyway, at Apache we have the so-called Incubator. It is a place where we build up communities, clarify legal things and so on. It is not so easy to get new committers in an existing tlp, but it is more easy to allow direct commit access to interested parties in the incubator. The log4cxx project would not be an "official" apache project, until it is coming out of the incubator. This will be the case if the community around log4cxx has proven a level of interest and long-term commitment, if the community has learned what is "around Apache" and how to create proper releases. If there are 3 people with an interest, I am willing to help with incubation as mentor. But please, if you are considering to help and step up: do it only if you *really* have an interest and a *really* willing to donate some of your time. If you are in doubt if OS work at Apache is for you, consider to clone log4cxx at github and work there for a while. I will give this e-mail a couple of days to develop; after this I will either open a vote for the Attic or discuss the option of a new incubation with a new development team. Cheers Christian -- http://www.grobmeier.de https://www.timeandbill.de -- http://www.grobmeier.de https://www.timeandbill.de --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
