-1 Hello everyone,
As quiet observer of this project, I would truly like to see this project continued as it provides a great alternative to commercial certificate authorities (CA's) for trust. After the issues with Symantec (and other CA's) that came out last year, I think we are overdue for a functional alternative, which I feel Milagro has the potential to fill. https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2018/03/12/distrust-symantec-tls-certificates/ Cheers, Thomas Falk -----Original Message----- From: Giorgio Zoppi [mailto:giorgio.zo...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2018 10:54 AM To: dev@milagro.incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: [VOTE] Retire Milagro Hello everybody, do you have any python demos to show up? We have a Python meetup here in BCN, i could evangelist the project to the next meetup. Best Regards, Giorgio. 2018-04-10 10:12 GMT+02:00 Simeon Aladjem <simeon.alad...@miracl.com>: > -1 > > There is a good will to return the project to a normal track, and scope it > around the crypto only. > Yes, there has been some infrastructural and procedural reasons for > "forking" the crypto code outside Apache and commit the mass of development > to that fork, > but the newest code will eventually be committed back to Apache together > with reorganizing the repositories, which will revive the project. > > I believe that a little bit more time is required to figure out the tiny > details for doing the above, as some mentor's help will be required too. > > Kind Regards, > Simeon Aladjem > > On 10/4/18, 10:30, "Go Yamamoto" <yamamoto...@lab.ntt.co.jp> wrote: > > Hi Nick, > > I agree the infrastructure problem you have pointed out have been > blocking > the initial commit, and it blocks everything toward the release. To > solve > the problem, I think all what we need is the operational management at > the > official github repo. It is hard to solve the problem technologically > because Miracl's engineering team (and ours too) want to use CI tools, > and > it means OAuth grants for access by the CI tools must be managed at the > repository on which they work. > > We NTT request to allow for contributors to work at their own fork > repository. All the changes on the code happens at local fork > repositories > owned by each contributor, however, the changes at local fork will be > pull-requested to the official repo, and the operation team at the > official > repo will review the pull-request and merge it to the official. > > If this workflow is OK for everybody here, NTT would like to take the > effort > of operational tasks and managements on the official repo at least > until we > reach the first release. > > I sincerely hope this proposal would contribute in resolving the > blocker. > Please feel free to share your concerns if any. > > Regards, > Go Yamamoto > > -----Original Message----- > From: Nick Kew [mailto:n...@apache.org] > Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2018 8:07 AM > To: dev@milagro.incubator.apache.org > Subject: Re: [VOTE] Retire Milagro > > On Sun, 08 Apr 2018 14:16:09 +0000 > "John D. Ament" <johndam...@apache.org> wrote: > > > All, > > > > This is a call to vote to retire the Milagro podling. > > +-0. Subject to change in either direction. > > For a long time, this project has not been happening at Apache, and on > that > basis retirement seems appropriate. > My past attempts to prod it have met with no response[1]. > > On the other hand, some more promising activity has recently been seen > on > this list, notably with the arrival of NTT folks and an active > newcomer who > I've only just realised isn't an initial committer from the Miracl > team! > > I have been meaning for some time to try once more to prod it and > would be > reluctant to vote for retirement before doing so. > I've been doing battle with a failing internet connection, but I've now > parted company with the ISP in question. > So hopefully I'll now be fine to review all list traffic since [1] and > post > thoughts within 24 hours. > > > Here are the documented problems: > > > > - Development does not happen at Apache. This is confirmed in > changes > > like [1] where you are trying to repoint mirrors away from the Apache > > hosted repository into a Miracl hosted repository. > > At the time the repos were created, there was an issue with folks > being less > than happy with the level of github integration then available. I > touched > on this in [1], but should no doubt have been clearer. IF THERE ARE > INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES HOLDING THINGS BACK, THE TEAM NEEDS TO SPEAK UP! > > > - No board report submitted for months. > > Indeed, someone from the team needs to take responsibility. > In the early days I did too much of this myself, but it's not supposed > to be > a mentor task! > > [1] Most recently > http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/milagro-dev/ > 201711.mbox/%3C15102433 > 30.26629.45.camel%40mimir.webthing.com%3E > > -- > Nick Kew > > > >