Hi Guys, As per the recent discussion on the mailing list, it seems that it may be best to put Pirk in the attic for a while. For varying reasons, the previous active contributors don't seem to be able to devote serious cycles to Pirk right now and the Pirk community has not been growing. I have drafted the podling report below as such - please let me know if think otherwise. The podling report is due on Wednesday, March 1.
Thanks- Ellison Anne PirkPirk is a framework for scalable Private Information Retrieval (PIR).Pirk has been incubating since 2016-06-17. The initial code for Pirk wasgranted on 2016-07-11.Three most important issues to address in the move towards graduation: 1. Grow the community to establish diversity of background and expertise. 2. Establish a formal release process and schedule, allowing for dependable release cycles in a manner consistent with the Apache development process. 3. Add to and improve the Pirk user documentation and examples both on the website and in the codebaseAny issues that the Incubator PMC (IPMC) or ASF Board wish/need to beaware of? Yes. The Pirk community participation and growth has stalled over the last few months. Recently, there has been discussion on the mailing list about retiring Pirk (putting it in the attic) for right now.How has the community developed since the last report? The Pirk community has not developed since the last report - there have been no new contributors or committers added.How has the project developed since the last report? The Pirk project has stalled - the existing community has not been active nor has the community grown.Date of last release: October 9, 2016When were the last committers or PMC members elected? Pirk elected two new committers (Tim Ellison and Suneel Marthi, both mentors) on August 18, 2016.
