On Oct 2, 2015 3:08 PM, "David Nalley" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi folks, > > A number of the mentors (Daniel, Rich, and I), along with several > other IPMC members were in Budapest for ApacheCon; while there we > discussed the state of > Tinkerpop, it's incubation, and a number of other topics. I wanted to > bring one of those topics here to foster a larger discussion, and > perhaps for the community to decide on a way forward. > > After a lot of deliberation and thinking both together and > individually, I think we reached an inflection point for ourselves. > While I don't want to speak for the others, > I will state my opinion. I think it's become apparent that Tinkerpop > as a project and a community is not a fit for the Apache Software > Foundation, and I see little potential for that to change. > This is not a statement that Tinkerpop is bad or evil. The ASF isn't > the only place projects live to be successful, nor is the Apache Way > the only method that successful projects adopt. > > That said, the ASF cares deeply about it's existing culture and that > the communities that are here adopt "the Apache Way"; that's actually > a core tenant to accomplish during incubation. That leads > me (speaking only for myself) to believe that you would thrive better > elsewhere, rather than chafing and being unhappy, and eventually > failing to graduate. > > --David
David expresses this as just his own opinion, but we did discuss and draft this together. I want to reiterate that we think you have an amazing project and a great community, but that the fit doesn't seem to be there.
