Simeon,

In order for that to happen, someone would need to make sure Go Yamamoto has 
write access to the repositories.  I'm not sure that has happened.

John

On 2018/01/30 14:49:07, Simeon Aladjem <[email protected]> wrote: 
> Hi all,
> 
> As a part of MIRACL, I feel that I have to provide our perspective on the 
> project.
> 
> First of all, we did disengage with the idea to move the Milagro Crypto code 
> elsewhere.
> All the code under the Milagro project refers to the crypto repository that 
> is under Apache, so https://github.com/milagro-crypto doesn't directly affect 
> the project at the current.
> 
> It does contain a more developed version of the original Milagro Crypto code, 
> which will eventually find its way to the project,
> but in order for this to happen we will need some repository reorganization, 
> which was communicated in the past, to the best of my memory.
> 
> MIRACL is committed to continue and contribute to the Milagro Crypto code, 
> but we were unable to play the leading role in the project for the last year 
> or so.
> For this reason, it was proposed that NTT and Go Yamamoto will take on the 
> leadership over the project going forward.
> 
> I hope that it clarifies some points, and will help on getting the project 
> out of the mud and to start moving it forward.
> 
> Kind Regards,
> Simeon Aladjem
> 
> On 30/1/18, 15:54, "John D.Ament" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>     Hi Yamamoto
>     
>     I believe you're hitting the problem right on the head.  The project was 
> originally founded with a donation from MIRACL.  You can see that code 
> changes continually go to https://github.com/milagro-crypto but no changes to 
> Apache hosted git repositories.
>     
>     I understand your frustration, but the implications I am seeing are that 
> MIRACL has no interest in working on code within the podling.
>     
>     John
>     
>     On 2018/01/30 05:17:42, "Go Yamamoto" <[email protected]> wrote: 
>     > Hi John,
>     > 
>     > NTT is currently using Milagro as a crypto library.  Retirement of 
> Milagro causes impact on our business, so I would like to ask for discussion 
> what can we do for supporting Milagro.
>     > 
>     > As I mentioned last time, we have code that is ready to commit.
>     > Our repositories have been updated since then.
>     > However, the way to commit the code to Apache repository is not clear 
> for us.
>     > As far as I recognize it is because the code from MIRACL is not placed 
> on the Apache repository.
>     > Since MIRACL's code also have been updated continuously, it seems this 
> management problem blocks starting the project for years.
>     > 
>     > I think we can discuss whether NTT team can take over the management of 
> the Apache repository to resolve the problem.
>     > 
>     > Kind regards,
>     > Go Yamamoto
>     > 
>     > 
>     > 
>     > -----Original Message-----
>     > From: John D. Ament [mailto:[email protected]] 
>     > Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2018 1:06 PM
>     > To: [email protected]
>     > Subject: [DISCUSS] Retire Milagro
>     > 
>     > Hi All,
>     > 
>     > Mid last year [1] I reached out to the project about retirement.  At 
> that point, some community members stepped up to help out the project.  
> However, I don't believe its been enough.
>     > 
>     > Since that has occurred:
>     > - Milagro has missed reporting periods.  This has included multiple 
> requests for a report by me.
>     > - Requests for a special report clarifying the move of source code away 
> from the ASF managed repos on github have been unanswered.
>     > - On list activity has dropped to nearly nothing.
>     > - Very little commit activity; most of your repositories have not been 
> updated since we last spoke.
>     > 
>     > At this point, I believe its clear that Milagro should retire.
>     > 
>     > [1]:
>     > 
> https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/e6a5db6fab6c61156c2101aae003ed576ddb0e77f3bb2c037b405131@%3Cdev.milagro.apache.org%3E
>     > 
>     > 
>     > 
>     
> 

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