Apache NetBeans is a pretty big and mature project too and it's still undergoing incubation.
The advantage for NetBeans is that Sun Microsystems / Oracle owns all the IP and just donated it to Apache. It might be a bit more complicated for Graphviz. That being said, I'm totally +1 on Graphviz, it's such a handy little project I've used from time to time. --emi ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On 3 June 2018 6:29 PM, <sha...@apache.org> wrote: > Hi All > > I received this request from Stephen so am forwarding to the general > > incubator mailing list for discussion and any suggestions for options. > > Thanks > > Sharan > > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > > Subject: graphviz as a potential apache project > > Date: Thu, 31 May 2018 17:51:04 -0400 > > From: Stephen North scno...@gmail.com > > Reply-To: Stephen North scno...@gmail.com > > To: sha...@apache.org > > Hi, Sharan. I hope you’re the right person for this. (Your org. just sent an > invitation > > to an Apache roadshow event under your name.) > > I’m one of the founders of Graphviz, 20+ years ago, and it’s useful > infrastructure > > software with new and old applications in bioinformatics, machine learning, > software > > engineering and other fields, including plugins for R, python, Haskell, > transpiled > > into javascript, who knows what else. I think for example clang, llvm, maybe > Go > > use it for debug output. See www.graphviz.org > > We started this in AT&T Labs but AT&T discontinued all support for the work, > > eliminated some of our jobs or encouraged us to leave, has disclaimed the > project, > > so we’re on our own. We maintain the software and the website, that we moved > to gitlab. > > We are looking for a more stable institutional home for Graphviz. Apache > seems like > > a great match. Is this possible? How is a decision like that made? I’m not > sure a mature > > project like this fits the incubator model. Are there other ways? > > Sorry if this has gone long (I could say a lot more, too, for example how we > could put > > focus effort on new features, or providing better resources to people that > need > > network visualization as a service). I’m hoping you’re the right person to > start the conversation. > > Thank you for your time, and for your consideration. > > Stephen North --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
