Ok. I’m going to draft a resolution to retire Apache OCW and send it to the Attic. We can post the resolution in a Forked thread For PMC review and a grace period before sending to board@ lewismc
On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 17:38 Michael Joyce <jo...@apache.org> wrote: > I'm dropping everyone else from this and CCing the list so I don't spam > anyone > > I've effectively been emeritus since I stepped down as the PMC Chair so I > don't really have much of a horse in this race I suppose. Heck, my response > to the other thread was 3 months out of date. I think we've been in the > "unhealthy project state" for a very long time (before I stepped down as > Chair IMO) and we probably should have gone to Attic a while ago. > > Honestly, I'm disappointed that we're still having conversations about > people doing siloed work without feedback to the list on the software ~ 7 > years after it's been at the ASF. Especially when it's from people who've > been around here for a while. I don't see how it's easier to work on a > personal fork of the project when you have write-bit. Just do your work in > a branch and push it up regularly so others can help if they want. I > realize it can be semi annoying to have to duplicate conversations > publicly but it doesn't take much effort to send an email to the list > saying "Hey, I want to make some big changes with X, Y, and Z. I'm going to > start doing this in some branch. What does everyone think?". > > Feel like I've been beating this dead horse for so long it's just a pile > of bones at this point. > > -- Jimmy > > > On Sat, Jul 25, 2020 at 11:18 AM lewis john mcgibbney <lewi...@apache.org> > wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> There is an open thread [0] titled "OCW revitalising - questions from the >> board"... which I think is pretty self explanatory. >> I'm creating this parallel thread to gauge what interest there is from >> the PMC in continuing the project? Are there enough people around? >> Does anyone wish to go emeritus? >> Does anyone wish to make any comments about the project over and above >> what Jimmy Joyce has stated in [0]? >> >> The community has been quiet for quite some time now and I feel that it >> is time to check up on community health. >> >> I've included all PMC and Committers on this email. >> >> Thanks, >> lewismc >> >> [0] https://s.apache.org/ualkf >> > >> >> -- >> http://home.apache.org/~lewismc/ >> http://people.apache.org/keys/committer/lewismc >> > -- http://home.apache.org/~lewismc/ http://people.apache.org/keys/committer/lewismc
