Is Riak dead?

2017-07-13 Thread Senthilkumar Peelikkampatti
Is Riak dead? No new activities on Riak GitHub repo. https://github.com/basho/riak_kv/pulse/monthly https://github.com/basho/riak/pulse/monthly Thanks, Senthil

Re: Is Riak dead?

2017-07-13 Thread Russell Brown
Hi Senthilkumar, No Riak is not dead. It’s parent company, Basho is dead. And they kept the keys. There are numerous forks that are being worked on. Hopefully something that is a canonical, community backed fork will emerge. Past mailing list posts show strong support from large commercial and g

Re: Is Riak dead?

2017-07-13 Thread Outback Dingo
well, if thats the case someone best be starting a new site and mailing list soon in case this one dissappears On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 12:40 PM, Russell Brown wrote: > Hi Senthilkumar, > No Riak is not dead. It’s parent company, Basho is dead. And they kept the > keys. There are numerous forks t

Re: Is Riak dead?

2017-07-13 Thread Russell Brown
Agree. But at the moment they’re also not dead. Somewhat of a zombie, rumoured to be litigious. Circumspection is required. It’ll happen. Don’t worry. On 13 Jul 2017, at 17:51, Outback Dingo wrote: > well, if thats the case someone best be starting a new site and > mailing list soon in case t

Re: Is Riak dead?

2017-07-13 Thread DeadZen
I am willing to start this asap On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 12:59 PM Russell Brown wrote: > Agree. > > But at the moment they’re also not dead. Somewhat of a zombie, rumoured to > be litigious. Circumspection is required. > > It’ll happen. Don’t worry. > > On 13 Jul 2017, at 17:51, Outback Dingo wr

Re: Is Riak dead?

2017-07-13 Thread Outback Dingo
as I am also ready to pitch in On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 1:38 PM, DeadZen wrote: > I am willing to start this asap > > On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 12:59 PM Russell Brown > wrote: >> >> Agree. >> >> But at the moment they’re also not dead. Somewhat of a zombie, rumoured to >> be litigious. Circumspecti

Re: Is Riak dead?

2017-07-13 Thread DeadZen
Awesome! Ill forward details to here for a new fork, mailing list and academy. On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 1:41 PM Outback Dingo wrote: > as I am also ready to pitch in > > On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 1:38 PM, DeadZen wrote: > > I am willing to start this asap > > > > On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 12:59 PM

Re: Is Riak dead?

2017-07-13 Thread Outback Dingo
i have compute resources if you need to host a vm or other... On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 1:50 PM, DeadZen wrote: > Awesome! Ill forward details to here for a new fork, mailing list and > academy. > > > On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 1:41 PM Outback Dingo > wrote: >> >> as I am also ready to pitch in >> >>

Re: Is Riak dead?

2017-07-13 Thread lloyd
Hmmm--- I wonder if anyone has given thought to a conference focused on the future of open-source Riak? I'm sure there are many good ideas out there re: roadmap and governance. It's just too great not to be worth deep thought and prudent action. All the best, LRP -Original Message

Re: Is Riak dead?

2017-07-13 Thread Alexander Sicular
In case you haven't seen it... https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/07/13/will_the_last_person_at_basho_get_the_lights_oh_too_late/ Cheers, Alexander On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 1:56 PM, wrote: > Hmmm--- I wonder if anyone has given thought to a conference focused on the > future of open-source Riak

Re: Is Riak dead?

2017-07-13 Thread Russell Brown
We have talked about it. Let's do it!On Jul 13, 2017 7:56 PM, ll...@writersglen.com wrote:Hmmm--- I wonder if anyone has given thought to a conference focused on the future of open-source Riak?   I'm sure there are many good ideas out there re: roadmap and governance.   It's just too great not to b

Re: Is Riak dead?

2017-07-13 Thread Tom Santero
RICON: A New Hope On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 4:00 PM, Russell Brown wrote: > We have talked about it. Let's do it! > > On Jul 13, 2017 7:56 PM, ll...@writersglen.com wrote: > > Hmmm--- I wonder if anyone has given thought to a conference focused on > the future of open-source Riak? > > > > I'm sure

Re: Is Riak dead?

2017-07-13 Thread Alexander Sicular
Abandon hope all ye who enter here. On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 3:15 PM, Tom Santero wrote: > RICON: A New Hope > > On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 4:00 PM, Russell Brown > wrote: >> >> We have talked about it. Let's do it! >> >> On Jul 13, 2017 7:56 PM, ll...@writersglen.com wrote: >> >> Hmmm--- I wonder i

Re: Is Riak dead?

2017-07-13 Thread Outback Dingo
I dont believe abandon is the proper term, resurrect and carry forth, we will not let you go quietly into the night LETS DO THIS SHIT! Ive got cloud resources I own... servers/VMS/XEN Ill do it myself if I need tooo. On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 4:24 PM, Alexander Sicular wrote: > Abandon hope all ye

Re: Is Riak dead?

2017-07-13 Thread Christopher Meiklejohn
VMS? I don't think we ever got Riak compiling on Alpha. 💛😀 On Jul 13, 2017 1:30 PM, "Outback Dingo" wrote: > I dont believe abandon is the proper term, resurrect and carry forth, > we will not let you go quietly into the night > > LETS DO THIS SHIT! Ive got cloud resources I own... servers/VMS/

Re: Is Riak dead?

2017-07-13 Thread Outback Dingo
VMS as in Virtual Machine(S) On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 5:01 PM, Christopher Meiklejohn < christopher.meiklej...@gmail.com> wrote: > VMS? I don't think we ever got Riak compiling on Alpha. 💛😀 > > On Jul 13, 2017 1:30 PM, "Outback Dingo" wrote: > >> I dont believe abandon is the proper term, resurr

Re: Is Riak dead?

2017-07-13 Thread Christopher Meiklejohn
It was a joke. :) On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 2:29 PM, Outback Dingo wrote: > VMS as in Virtual Machine(S) > > On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 5:01 PM, Christopher Meiklejohn < > christopher.meiklej...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> VMS? I don't think we ever got Riak compiling on Alpha. 💛😀 >> >> On Jul 13, 2017 1

Re: Is Riak dead?

2017-07-13 Thread Russell Brown
On 13 Jul 2017, at 22:52, Christopher Meiklejohn wrote: > It was a joke. :) Always better explained. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DEC_Alpha) > > On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 2:29 PM, Outback Dingo wrote: > VMS as in Virtual Machine(S) > > On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 5:01 PM, Christopher Meiklejoh

Re: Is Riak dead?

2017-07-13 Thread Outback Dingo
I know it was, i saw the smile :) and VMS doesnt run only on alphas anymore :) I have both Alpha and Itaniums with OpenVMS on it live now. On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 5:57 PM, Russell Brown wrote: > > On 13 Jul 2017, at 22:52, Christopher Meiklejohn > wrote: > >> It was a joke. :) > > Always be

Re: Is Riak dead?

2017-07-13 Thread DeadZen
Rackspace has provided some resources, love all the feedback. On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 6:01 PM Outback Dingo wrote: > I know it was, i saw the smile :) and VMS doesnt run only on alphas > anymore :) I have both Alpha and Itaniums with OpenVMS on it live > now. > > On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 5:57

Re: Is Riak dead?

2017-07-13 Thread Christopher Meiklejohn
If anyone was close to getting Riak working on Alpha or VAX, it would have been Andrew Thompson. On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 3:14 PM, DeadZen wrote: > Rackspace has provided some resources, love all the feedback. > > On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 6:01 PM Outback Dingo > wrote: > >> I know it was, i saw t

Re: Is Riak dead?

2017-07-13 Thread Outback Dingo
would be nice, I actually did the FreeBSD ports work to get riak / erlang and others into the ports tree along with another person who committed it, and I actually use it still in production On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 6:26 PM, Christopher Meiklejohn < christopher.meiklej...@gmail.com> wrote: > If an

Re: Is Riak dead?

2017-07-13 Thread lloyd
Hi, If there is enough interest, I'd be happy to do the legwork in Boston and put up a very modest contribution toward up-front cost with hope of recovery through registrations. Boston has conference spaces of all sizes. I would imagine a conference on the future of open-source Riak would b