+1 for option 3 if no one currently is taking ownership of that project. I think it's a useful signal to potential adopters about what they should expect.
On 2013-05-21, at 12:47 PM, Andy Seaborne <[email protected]> wrote: > SDB is getting some user attention but not much developer attention. I was > hoping that there would be a contribution to go with JENA-447 but nothing has > come in. I don't have the bandwidth to even answer questions about it > properly, partly because I don't use it. I guess others are in a similar > position. > > I do think we should be clear as to it's status. > > In the future, I see these options: > > 1/ Add jena-sdb to the main distribution. > (If it becomes a block on a release, remove it.) > > 2/ As is - release "sometimes". > > 3/ Dormant SDB. > This is the last release unless some activity arises to maintain it. > Keep the source around but move out of trunk. > Can be built from source. > > 4/ Legacy SDB. > More definite statement than (3) that it is dropped. > Keep the source around. > > For 3 and 4, where there are no plans to release again if nothing changes, > the snapshot builds should be stopped. Users can build from source if they > want to but the current snapshot should not become a > distribution-under-the-radar which I feel it becomes if there are no plans to > make it a formal release. > > Thoughts? > > I'm tending towards doing this one last release then (3). > > Andy
