I like this idea, especially the relaxing of the reporting schedule. But I worry about the connotation of "dormant". Perhaps "mature", "sustaining", "stable", "steady-state", "lasting"?
"Ripe"? ^_^ --k On 2013.Sep.19, at 7.16a, Jim Jagielski <[email protected]> wrote: > This is a good point. Sometimes projects are just done, and > retiring them to the Attic does portray a project that > is no longer relevant or used or useful. Nor will people > pick up and start using projects in the Attic. > > Maybe we need some other classification of project, like > 'Dormant'. These would be projects that could obtain the > required 3 developers and votes, but basically are > just done; their reporting could be every 6 months, etc... > > Thoughts? > > On Sep 19, 2013, at 3:39 AM, Ingie <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Dear Chris, >> >> I use Click for several apps for years. I started with 2.3.0 and now I >> use.... hm..... 2.3.0 ;) >> >> There are number of reasons that makes this project different. >> >> 1. Not so many bugfixes as usual. Because it's JUST WORKS. Apps based on >> Click are very stable. >> 2. Lack of activity in discussions, no documentation updates, no new >> examples. Because it's REALLY SIMPLE. Look at Cheat Sheet pdf. It's the only >> documentation I read years ago. And that's enough. >> 3. No releases. Because it's PERFECT. It's minimal stateless framework for >> developers who needs minimal stateless framework. >> >> From the other side. >> It's really no difference for me, for example, is the project retired or >> not. (Sorry) Because framework is perfect and just works. Next project I >> will start I will use Click. I will not go to Apache site for newest >> version. I will not use Wicket, for example. I already have one, that fits >> my needs. So, I think Attic is not the place for Click. Attic is the place >> for projects with no future. Click is the project with no further >> development. Maybe it's different things. For the first 2-5 years. >> >> >> Kind regards, >> Mikhail Peresypkin >> >> Среда, 18 сентября 2013, 11:00 -07:00 от Chris Mattmann >> <[email protected]>: >> Dear Apache Click PMC, >> >> Based on your board report for September 2013, I'm >> starting a thread here on the dev list for retirement >> of Apache Click. >> >> If you have any opinions, for or against retirement, >> please make them known. If discussion doesn't really >> urge against retirement in the next week I'll call >> an official [VOTE] thread with resolution to retire >> the project to the Attic. >> >> Thank you for your attention to this matter. >> >> Cheers, >> Chris >> (on behalf of the Apache Board) >> >> >> >
