On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 4:39 PM, Coding Badly <[email protected]>wrote:
> 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 The primary issue is that the downloads are woefully out of date 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 superseded by newer versions available from other sites.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 Remove the out-of-date download. 2.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 But it is woefully out-of-date.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 http://code.google.com/p/optiboot/ has become out of date.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/ Done. Thank you for the very detailed request. -Nathaniel -- 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.
