Hi guys, thanks for your update !
I propose to prepare a quick plan describing: 1. PMC set proposal 2. Roadmap/ideas for jclouds future (I would like to mention Karaf Minho here) 3. Send the proposal on the mailing list to move forward on vote and inform the board Thoughts ? Regards JB On Sun, Nov 13, 2022 at 11:12 AM Juan Cabrerizo <j...@cloudsoft.io> wrote: > > Hi, I'm a PMC member of Brooklyn, happy to try to help JClouds and joining > the committee. It's a core dependency for us. > > Regards > Juan > > On Sat, 12 Nov 2022 at 16:22, Geoff Macartney <geom...@apache.org> wrote: > > > I would also be willing to join the Jclouds PMC if that would be helpful. > > > > Regards > > Geoff > > > > On Thu, 10 Nov 2022 at 11:15, Jean-Baptiste Onofré <j...@nanthrax.net> > > wrote: > > > > > > I’m in ;) > > > > > > Regards > > > JB > > > > > > Le jeu. 10 nov. 2022 à 11:56, fpapon <fpa...@apache.org> a écrit : > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > After some discussions with JB, we are ok to propose our help to join > > > > the PMC of JCloud and contribute to keep the project alive if anybody > > is > > > > ok. > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > Francois > > > > > > > > On 09/11/2022 21:57, Geoff Macartney wrote: > > > > > Hello Andrew, and Jclouds PMC, > > > > > > > > > > I'm sorry to be so late in replying to this, I confess I had missed > > it > > > > > when it was sent last month and only became aware of it today. > > > > > > > > > > Speaking as a member of the Apache Brooklyn PMC I must confess I am > > > > > sad to hear this proposal. Jclouds is one of our most critical > > > > > dependencies, and I would worry about the implications for Brooklyn > > if > > > > > Jclouds moved to the Attic. I am worried in any case about the > > > > > implications of the lower activity in the community, but that is > > > > > another issue. > > > > > > > > > > I have been refreshing my memory about the PMC guidelines on moving > > to > > > > > the Attic [1]. These note that > > > > > > > > > > "In summary, the only reason for a project to move to the Attic is > > > > > lack of oversight due to an insufficient number of active PMC > > members" > > > > > > > > > > (the minimum being three), and that electing willing community > > members > > > > > to the PMC would be the best way to keep it viable. If the worst > > comes > > > > > to the worst "the Board can "reboot" a PMC by re-establishing it with > > > > > a new or modified PMC". > > > > > > > > > > Perhaps it would be worth doing a formal [VOTE] poll within Jclouds > > > > > PMC itself to see if at least three PMC members would be willing to > > > > > continue to carry out that role? If not, maybe other options could be > > > > > explored before deciding to move to the Attic, such as some community > > > > > members joining the PMC. > > > > > > > > > > What do you think? > > > > > > > > > > Kind regards > > > > > Geoff > > > > > > > > > > [1] https://apache.org/dev/pmc#move-to-attic > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, 10 Oct 2022 at 14:03, Andrew Gaul <g...@apache.org> wrote: > > > > >> jclouds development has slowed from 123 commits from 26 > > contributors in > > > > >> 2018 to just 24 from 6 contributors in 2022. This is despite > > growing > > > > >> downloads over the last 12 months from 50,000 to 80,000 for > > jclouds-core > > > > >> alone. Unfortunately the number of active committers has shrunk > > and we > > > > >> will soon lack quorum for future releases. This means that the > > project > > > > >> must move to the Apache attic. > > > > >> > > > > >> Ideally the community could step up to sustain the project, e.g., > > > > >> reviewing pull requests, fixing issues, responding to mailing list > > > > >> queries, and eventually becoming committers themselves. Does anyone > > > > >> have a multi-year interest in jclouds that wants to help out? > > > > >> > > > > >> If not, I will cut a final 2.6.0 release before retiring the > > project. > > > > >> > > > > >> -- > > > > >> Andrew Gaul > > > > >> http://gaul.org/ > > > > > > > > -- > > > > -- > > > > François > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Juan Cabrerizo > Senior Software Engineer > > *Cloudsoft <https://cloudsoft.io/> *| Bringing Business to the Cloud > j...@cloudsoft.io > https://www.linkedin.com/in/juancabrerizo > https://github.com/jcabrerizo > <https://github.com/jcabrerizo>
