Ultimately I believe the decision is in the hands of the ActiveMQ PMC [1].
Justin [1] http://www.apache.org/dev/pmc.html#what-is-a-pmc On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 7:59 AM, Tim Bain <tb...@alumni.duke.edu> wrote: > I'm also curious about who gets to make the decision about what the future > direction is for the project. Nominally it's probably "the community", but > that's rather abstract, so I'd like to know what the process is by which > the decision will be made and who gets to provide what inputs into the > decision. > > Tim > > On Nov 15, 2017 5:50 AM, "Justin Bertram" <jbert...@apache.org> wrote: > > A few recent interactions with confused users has caused me some concern > about the clarity, or lack thereof, regarding the future of ActiveMQ. In > short, I think users don't really understand where ActiveMQ is going in the > future so they don't know which broker to use for new projects or if they > should start the migration process for existing installations. In general > I think it's extremely helpful for users to understand where a project is > headed as it instills confidence and consolidates effort. > > There's been talk of ActiveMQ's "next generation" for awhile now. However, > when you Google for "ActiveMQ next generation" [1] the first result is for > Apollo, a project that has been "unofficially" declared dead [2]. The > second result is for the Artemis migration guide, and the third result is > for a mostly blank page about "ActiveMQ6" [3]. > > This is clearly a confusing message for the community and whether you're a > die-hard fan of 5.x, sad that Apollo's dead, or excited about Artemis I > hope we can agree that clarifying the future of ActiveMQ is important and > necessary. > > In short, I think we really need a project road-map. Will effort be put > into 5.x to address some of its short-comings so it can become a legitimate > 6.x? If not, will Artemis become ActiveMQ 6? Are there other options > here? Once consensus is reached here we should define related timelines. > > After that we can turn to the website which needs a face-lift plus updates > to reflect our road-map. > > > Justin > > [1] https://www.google.com/search?q=activemq+next+generation > [2] http://activemq.apache.org/new-features-in-60.html > [3] http://activemq.apache.org/activemq6 >
