Hi, I'm sorry we filed a little late last time. AFAIK, we're far from that Attic status, although there aren't many active committers or PMC in mailing lists lately. Recently, I am calling on more PMCs to fulfill the responsibilities that when we joined. Perhaps because of personal work like me, they have been slightly neglecting the community in these years. Fortunately, I've seen more new projects being created lately, and I'm actively calling on some PMC to focus on the community and absorb more committers. To be honest, I personally thought about starting the community's retirement process and getting more committers and PMCs, We've never been short of active contributors, we need to keep our eyes on them. As for the chair role, the majority of submissions in recent years have been made jointly by the community PMC. That's how we've been, and that's how we've been working from the beginning. I personally don't see anything wrong with it, and if rotation is needed, it's not a big problem.
This year is our fifth year, RocketMQ has seen a huge increase in diversity and active contributors, but the problems that come with it are obvious. I will be returning to the community in the near future. I would like to help and mentor more committers and PMCs. I hope that PMCs who have similar ideas could also express their views. Sander Striker <[email protected]> 于2021年8月11日周三 上午5:17写道： > Dear RocketMQ community, > > In the Apache governance model, the ASF board delegates responsibility for > managing projects to PMCs. This allows projects to govern themselves, in > terms > of their own development goals, guidelines, and volunteer spirit, within > the > scope of our purpose as an open source foundation. The state allows us to > supply an umbrella of corporate protection to our projects and volunteers, > but > only to the extent that we retain active and effective oversight of each > project's operation on behalf of the public's interest. > > To enable the board to provide oversight across the foundation, each PMC is > tasked with providing the board a quarterly report on the health of their > project. This allows us to hear your heartbeat, to see the project through > your eyes, and to inform the public through our meeting minutes. > > The board has noticed that the reports for RocketMQ have been missed > for a number of months. This makes us sad because we have lost that ability > to communicate with you, to see what may be preventing your good health, > and to ensure that we are providing the services that you need to continue > as an Apache project. > > The reports to the board are normally written by the PMC chair but all PMC > members have an individual responsibility to ensure that a report is > submitted. If the PMC chair is not available then any PMC member can submit > the report. If you need help with this process, please reach out to > [email protected] > > Please ensure that a report for RocketMQ is submitted to the board > for the next meeting. > > If the PMC chair is not going to be available for an extended period of > time, > it may make sense to rotate the PMC chair. Rotating the PMC chair does not > mean the current chair has failed. People's situations and interests > change; > rotation is good as it allows more people to become familiar with that > role. > Again, if assistance is required with this process, please feel free to > reach out to [email protected] > > As projects mature, they will naturally reach a point where activity > reduces > to a level that the project is no longer sustainable. At Apache, projects > reach this stage when there are no longer 3 active PMC members providing > oversight. Projects that reach this stage are placed in our Attic, where > they continue to be accessible to the public but are not portrayed as > having > an active community for maintenance. > > http://attic.apache.org/ > > If RocketMQ has reached this point, please reach out to the Attic project > to arrange transfer. On the other hand, if your project is mostly dormant > but > still has at least three active PMC members, it can remain in that state > for > as long as needed. If your project is in such a state, please mention that > in > your report and verify the PMC's state at regular intervals. > > Finally, if you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to > [email protected]. > > Thanks, > The ASF Board > -- Best Regards :-)
