On Wed, Apr 25, 2018 at 7:48 AM, Peter Karman <[email protected]> wrote:
> Should we dissolve the PMC and move the project to the Attic? Should we > continue on as we are? Are there members of this list who are interested in > taking on leadership responsibilities as members of the PMC? Sorry for the late reply; this email has been sitting half-done in my Drafts folder for days. Although these questions have reasonably straightforward answers, and none of the paths forward are wrong or bad, it's been a bit challenging for me to choose amongst them, given the gratitude I feel towards the rest of the Lucy community. > My personal view is that the code is still viable and useful and should > continue to be maintained by the volunteer community. That need not be > within the ASF. We could just as easily maintain it as a Github organization > as within the ASF. All software projects have a life cycle, and new technologies rise all the time. In my time as an Incubator administrator and on the ASF Board, I've seen many great projects complete their arcs sooner than Lucy. The ideal for the ASF is not that codebases should last forever, but for those who participate in ASF communities to be willing to participate in another ASF project. As an ASF advocate, I hope you've all had a good experience here. It's been about a year and a half since I've actively developed Lucy and Clownfish. They were my main gig for a decade, for which I feel incredibly fortunate; now other things have taken priority, and at this point it's hard to foresee returning to active development. However, thankfully we have not come across any sort of soul-crushing security or legal problems, so the maintenance burden hasn't been a heavy lift. It would be fine with me to continue for some time. It would also be fine to retire. I'm OK with whatever path the community chooses. Marvin Humphrey
