Any other feedback for the report? It's due tomorrow... Thanks! On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 10:15 AM, Jacob Wilder < [email protected]> wrote:
> I’m in the same boat as Walter—my duties at work have taken up a greater > portion of my time and I haven’t had the time to contribute to Pirk. > > On 2/27/17, 08:12, "Walter Ray-Dulany" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Sorry, I've been busy with work, and everything else has fallen off of > my > plate. > > I don't have time to be involved for the foreseeable future. > > Walter > > On Sun, Feb 26, 2017 at 9:33 PM, Josh Elser <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Just wanted to clarify: the Attic is not the right phrasing for > podlings. > > Pirk would just retire from incubation. The following doc sums this > up. > > > > https://incubator.apache.org/guides/retirement.html > > > > Ellison Anne, I appreciate your candor in this situation. I am also > rather > > surprised at the radio silence from those who were previously active > in > > Pirk. Tracy, Christopher, Walter, and Jacob: comments or opinions? > > > > I would also be curious in hearing what Suneel and Tim have to say > (with > > the previous DISCUSS in mind). > > > > > > Ellison Anne Williams wrote: > > > >> 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. > >> > >> > > > >
