On 2/11/2013 3:11 PM, Schulte Olaf A. wrote: > Dear All > > Last week saw a lively discussion about a proposal "to discontinue" the > reference capture agent [1]. While we consider the proposal itself an issue > amongst committers according to our governance model [2], the board would > like to offer its support in moderating the debate. > > First and foremost, we are taking this discussion to the community list > because we want all adopters, piloting institutions and parties looking into > Matterhorn to be aware of this proposal, which might affect your planning > with respect to the CA you are using in the long run. > > The board sees the proposal to re-allocate resources invested in the further > development of the reference CA on the one hand, the institutional need to > continue this development on the other hand. Also, there are strategic > implications, Matterhorn loosing its "soup-to-nuts" status is one of them. > Finally, there is a proposal on the table to cut down on the further > development, yet make sure the reference CA can be of use to institution. > This proposal has to be fleshed out, especially with respect to funding > and/or supporting this effort. > > We would therefore like to ask the committers to free the proposal of the > time limit according to [3]; the discussion should of course continue, but we > would like to propose a virtual meeting after the release of 1.4 to resolve > this issue. This allows committers to focus on pushing out that overdue > release, everyone to re-consider the proposal at hand and thus have an > efficient meeting to find a solution for the benefit of the project and the > community.
+1 from me. This is a big, complicated issue that obviously has a lot of debate left in it. Whether we decide to discontinue it or not, the decision does not affect 1.4 directly, so I see a good reason for leaving the debate open until the release is complete. G > Regards > > The Opencast Board > > > [1] > http://opencast.3480289.n2.nabble.com/Discontinue-the-Capture-Agent-proposal-td7583483.html > [2] http://opencast.org/opencast-governance > [3] http://opencast.jira.com/wiki/display/MH/Opencast+Matterhorn+-+Bylaws > > > _______________________________________________ > Community mailing list > commun...@opencastproject.org > http://lists.opencastproject.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > > To unsubscribe please email > community-unsubscr...@opencastproject.org > _______________________________________________ > >
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