I would reword the following:
"Recently, there has been discussion on the mailing list about retiring
Pirk (putting it in the attic) for right now"
to be something more like
"A discussion on the mailing list resulted in multiple previous
contributors agreeing with a mentor suggestion to move Pirk towards
retirement."
Given Tim and Suneel's contributions to the project, I want to hear back
from them again before moving forward with the retirement steps. As two
veterans, I would have confidence that they could continue the podling
if they so desire.
Thanks, Ellison Anne.
- Josh
Ellison Anne Williams wrote:
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.
>>
>>
