Hi! My name is Manfred Moser and I would like to take over the project ksoap2-android on google code to revamp maintenance by
- applying some of my own patches - applying some patches I received from various other community members - creating a mailing list for project related communication - updating the wiki to reflect the new state - various other tasks that might come up My contact details among others are [email protected] [email protected] http://github.com/mosabua http://www.simpligility.com Here are my answers to the take over related questions: [email protected] 1. How long has the project lay fallow? If less than 6 months, don't be optimistic about being assigned ownership of the project. I have first contacted the project in March 2010 by creating issues about it and posting comments on the issues. See e.g http://code.google.com/p/ksoap2-android/issues/detail?id=18 http://code.google.com/p/ksoap2-android/issues/detail?id=17 Later I have tried to contact the owner via email multiple times over time. The last time I sent an email was last Tuesday. I have never heard anything back email, github or any forum or other venue. 2. Is there something "fishy" about the circumstances of the request? People squat project names much as they do DNS names. No. 3. Is there code in that project? If so, it is much less likely that we will reassign ownership of that project to you except for the purpose of continuing development of that code. As stated above my github clone already has some enhancements and I have received patches from other people that I will integrate as well. 4. Is the project scheduled for deletion? If so, we'll likely just give it to you. Not that I am aware of. 5. Is the project you wish to take over a spam trap or hosting malware or simply not open source? No. 6. Have you made an effort in good faith to contact the current owners? What, if anything, did they have to say in reply? Yes. I contacted via email and on github multiple times but never heard anything back. 7. Has one of the original developers died or otherwise dropped off the grid in some fashion that you can describe to us? No that I am aware of. The upstream project on sourceforge is pretty much dead too. I only want to focus on the android side so I am not bothering with the sourceforge project. 8. Have you hosted malware, spam or non-open source content on Project Hosting before? If so, don't be optimistic that we'll cooperate. No. --------------- Furthermore: For your reference here is my github clone of the repository with my patches: http://github.com/mosabua/ksoap2-android And my blog article about my patches: http://www.simpligility.com/2010/05/attribute-support-for-ksoap2-on-android/ If you need any further details please feel free to contact me via email or google chat or skype or phone any time. skype: mosabua gmail: mosabua cell: 1 250 514 0135 I look forward to your response. Regards Manfred Moser -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Project Hosting on Google Code" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-code-hosting?hl=en.
