My next board report is due by May 6th. The board is increasingly
pushing for realistic and detailed assessment of the status of each
project community. Generally, the board does not get involved in what we
are doing, just in whether we have a functioning developer community
doing it in accordance with ASF policies.
It is an extended time since we added a really new committer and/or PMC
member. The last change was my return to the PMC.
My impression is that we have a problem. We have things that need doing,
such as improving the new user experience, getting out a bug fix
release, and getting our QA code better organized.
Although I have some free time, I don't have the background to do the
most urgent things right now, practical experience with River itself and
with modern build and distribution tools. There are community members
who do have those skills, but may not have the free time to make much
progress.
If this impression is correct, I should discuss it in the board report,
preferably with a realistic plan for improvement. Of course, I would
love to be convinced I am totally wrong and that all is well in River-land.
Patricia
- State of the River community Patricia Shanahan
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