+1 On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 10:06 AM, Patricia Shanahan <p...@acm.org> wrote:
> +1 > > On 5/9/2016 7:59 AM, Patricia Shanahan wrote: > >> This is a draft for the May 2016 board report. >> >> ====================================================================== >> >> ## Description: >> - Apache River software provides a standards-compliant JINI service. >> >> ## Issues: >> - As discussed under "Health report", the project does have issues to >> deal with, but it also has a functioning PMC to deal with them. >> >> ## Activity: >> - The main activity is preparing for the next release, currently >> renamed 2.3.0 >> >> ## Health report: >> - One of the active PMC members has resigned (moved to emeritus list). >> Given the small size of the active core, this is a significant blow, >> triggering discussion of the state and future of the project. >> >> - The project has technical issues, including age of code, lack of >> support for use in languages other than Java, lack of support for >> Android, and dependence on Java serialization. >> >> - Possibly as a result of the technical issues, there may be a tapering >> off of interest in the project, making it hard to attract new committers >> and PMC members. >> >> - Future paths that will be considered by the PMC include carrying on >> as-is, making radical changes possibly in the direction of IoT, or going >> to the attic. We intend to complete at least one more release first. >> >> ## PMC changes: >> - Currently 13 PMC members. >> - No new PMC members added in the last 3 months >> - Greg Trasuk resigned >> - Last PMC addition was Bryan Thompson on Sun Aug 30 2015 >> >> ## Committer base changes: >> >> - Currently 13 committers. >> - No new committers added in the last 3 months >> - Last committer addition was Bryan Thompson at Mon Aug 31 2015 >> >> ## Releases: >> >> - river-jtsk-2.2.3 was released on Sat Feb 20 2016 >> >> >>
