Graduating into a subproject of Shiro is an interesting option too. I think the community should explore and decide when time comes.
But first of all, we need to clear the IP issue ASAP so that we can start practicing releases using the Apache way before graduation. Thanks, Raymond On Jan 17, 2012, at 12:49 AM, Tommaso Teofili wrote: > Hi Kalle, > > first of all, thanks for this, I was also monitoring that thread on > general@and I agree we (Apache Amber) need to take some decision about > project's > future. > The only obstacle I see is the IP stuff which is keeping us from being able > to make a release, and thus could block our graduation. > I don't know Shiro enough to say if the 'subproject way' could be just > good, however I think that it would be worth inspecting, considering also > that Amber PMC is not that big (and it looks that Shiro PMC is not big > either). > What do others think? > > Thanks so much. > Tommaso > > p.s.: > BTW: Lukasz, Maciej, any news (again) regarding the IP ? > > > > 2012/1/16 Kalle Korhonen <[email protected]> > >> Hey amber devs, I've been following the project from the sidelines for >> some time. There was a thread titled "Actively retiring projects (was: >> Incubator Board Report November 2011)" on incubator-general, in which >> it was said: >> On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 4:46 AM, Jukka Zitting <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>>> 2010-05-09 Amber >>> S: Somewhat active, not enough for a TLP. >>> R: Ask for a graduation plan in next report. >> >> I'm an Apache Shiro committer and we graduated with a small PMC (I was >> the only new committer voted in after the incubation start and at >> graduation time we only really had two active committers, though there >> were more people with commit privileges and mentors stayed on the PMC >> after graduation), so a small community alone is definitely not a >> barrier for graduation. Following the list though, it seems that IP >> clearance is actually a bigger obstacle for graduation at the moment, >> is that correct? If that can be resolved, I'd encourage you to "just >> graduate". However, if you think Jukka's statement above is correct >> and you feel the community around Amber isn't "enough for a TLP", I >> was thinking that Amber could also find a home as a sub-project of >> Shiro. There's little overlap but the projects operate in the same >> security space so it might work fine. Anyhow, just a thought - I >> haven't brought this up with the rest of Shiro PMC yet since it's >> first and foremost your decision where you want your project to be >> headed. >> >> Kalle >>
