Dear Madam / Sir: I am writing to you about a project that, from what I can tell, has been abandoned. The primary issue is that the downloads are woefully out of date which is causing problems.
The project in question is... http://code.google.com/p/optiboot/ > 1. How long has the project lay fallow? The primary download ( http://code.google.com/p/optiboot/downloads/detail?name=Optiboot_v3.zip) was last updated May 9, 2010. The download contains software that has been superseded by newer versions available from other sites. > 2. Is there something "fishy" about the circumstances of the request? No. I am a moderator and active participant on the Arduino Forum. My plan is to: 1. Remove the out-of-date download. 2. Poll the interest parties (Arduino core group; forum; westfw) for what to do with the site. 3. Ideally, keep the site as a place to exchange information about optiboot. > 3. Is there code in that project? Yes. But it is woefully out-of-date. The active version of optiboot has been moved to github. > 4. Is the project scheduled for deletion? As far as I know, no. > 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. The following email was sent to cathedrow (Peter Knight) Oct 18... Peter, > > http://code.google.com/p/optiboot/ has become out of date. This is > causing problems for many users. Please... > > - Provide access to another person so the site can be updated > > > - Or, Create a link to the up-to-date version... > > http://arduino.cc/forum/index.php/topic,64105.0.html > > https://github.com/WestfW/Arduino/tree/master/hardware/arduino/bootloaders/optiboot > > - Or, Remove the Google Code site > > > Thank you, > Brian > There has been no reply. > 7. Has one of the original developers died or otherwise dropped off the grid in some fashion that you can describe to us? His last twitter was Jan 15... http://twitter.com/#!/cathedrow His last post on the Arduino forum was 2010 Nov 22... http://arduino.cc/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=8473;sa=showPosts > 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. The entirety of my content on Project Hosting is here... code.google.com/p/arduino-tiny/ Thank you for your consideration, Brian Cook -- 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.
