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)
>> 
>> 
>> 
> 

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