Ok, good to know, we'll try to expand on that, then, but, of course the
real problem is that DirectMemory has not any corporate sponsorship and is
a tool that addresses a niche requirement (applications that cope with HUGE
quantities of RAM). Not having a large diffusion it of course limits the
number of developers interested in contributing.
In any case I ask everybody here (devs and pmc members) to share thoughts
about this and how to address the problem (if the problem is real).
Thanks,
Raffaele
On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 10:06 AM, Greg Stein <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 6:15 PM, Raffaele P. Guidi
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Greg, that was just a sarcastic answer to a sarcastic comment. Honestly
> not
>
> hehehe...
>
> >...
> > Is "not much happening here" a significant issue to report?
>
> Actually... yes :-) The Board looks at projects that have become
> inactive and no plans for fixing that. When we see a project reports
> "no activity" for several reports, then we start to ask questions.
> This is one of the reasons that we've started to become pretty
> hard-lined on projects reporting last-release-date,
> last-committer-add-date, and last-pmc-add-date. Those are some easy,
> key factors in the progress of a community.
>
> There are a hojillion reasons for inactivity, so it becomes very
> subjective. But the *reporting* is very helpful. The Board has a huge
> depth of experience, and may be able to provide helpful tips for
> projects that have become stuck. But we need to hear that. (Board
> members sometimes perform their own reviews, but it is best to simply
> report this stuff)
>
> HTH,
> -g
>
