On 18 Jan 2012, at 07:53, Simone Tripodi <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all, > > thanks for the interest on that project!!! > > I can only quote Tommaso on asserting that > > * IP is the blocking issue - deeply involved people are working on > it, hope to get a reply ASAP (we could ping them directly anyway to > get feedbacks) > > * we never made a release: this is something concerning the previous point; Yes, I agree with both of the above too. I would be happy to approach the issue of IP myself, if our to local committers would like assistance. > * Shiro subproject is an option that really gets my interest, I am +1 on this I am -0 myself. Having followed the incubator graduation thread too, I think small project is no barrier to TLP. p > > Thanks a lot Kalle! > all the best, have a nice day, > -Simo > > http://people.apache.org/~simonetripodi/ > http://simonetripodi.livejournal.com/ > http://twitter.com/simonetripodi > http://www.99soft.org/ > > > > On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 11:41 PM, Kalle Korhonen > <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 12:49 AM, Tommaso Teofili >> <[email protected]> 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. >> >> No problem, just giving it as an option - I'd hate that you'd get >> stuck in incubator, not realizing there are alternative ways to >> graduate. >> >>> 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? >> >> Big it doesn't need to be. Is the project and community viable, or >> self-governing, is the question. If you have three active members, you >> should absolutely go for TLP. Whoever is active on the project right >> now should make it a priority to get the IP resolved. Staying in the >> incubator for too long can wear you out; I'm speaking from experience >> :) >> >> Kalle
