On 12 June 2014 17:54, Hadrian Zbarcea <hzbar...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Please remove the magnet [1] lab. I failed to create any community or > generate > any interest around it. There were no commits in a long time and none other > than mine ever, I think. At this point I don't see any value in it and I > doubt > anybody else ever will. >
A project is never failed until deemed so. Looking at your lab, it seems to me, the missing link, is that ASF projects is not about code, but community, and in order to build a community "svn commit" does not help. You should instead discuss your project on e.g. "dev@community" or "committers@" so other committers become aware of your idea. To be honest I cannot judge your idea, I specialize in other areas, but I do ask you to reconsider and instead try some "marketing" for your lab. I will be happy to help in such efforts. > > On a separate note, I personally don't see what value the Apache labs bring > over something like github for instance. I wonder if anybody has an answer > to > that, just for my education. > There are multiple reasons: - No license problems (github can have severe issues depending on the setup) - Access to all of ASF, about 4.000 registered committers, you just need to convince them to help. - More infrastructure, like a vm where you can test and demonstrate your ideas. - and most importantly a community that burns for the ideals of ASF. I recently became PMC here in labs, after fighting a battle to change our bylaws, and my aim (of course with the accept and help of others) is to do whatever it takes to make labs sparkling with life. Dont give up, help instead. rgd jan I. > > > Thanks, > Hadrian > > [1] http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/labs/magnet/ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: labs-unsubscr...@labs.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: labs-h...@labs.apache.org > >
