On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 1:11 AM, Daniel Kulp <[email protected]> wrote:
> The BEST model to look at is the commons project at Apache. They have a very > diverse set of sub projects and have been very successful at being able to > provide adequate oversight on all the projects. How do they do it: they > MANDATE that there are not separate dev lists for each project. It is also the best example of a mailing list with an extremely bad ratio between noise and content, at least for me. > If the traffic about a particulare subproject grows enough to overwelm the > rest of the projects, that's usually a sign that it's ready to spin out. > Thus, if you don't like it, start participating with XML-RPC, submit patches, > foster ideas, etc.... and help it grow to a point where it's ready to > graduate. XML-RPC is most likely not a project which will grow. It is in maintenance mode and has been just that for a couple of years. It is extremely unlikely that you have a chance to attract interest for the ws project under its contributors / users, unless they move their professional interest, which would be an event unrelated to either projects. Jochen -- I Am What I Am And That's All What I Yam (Popeye)
