One of the sessions at the JavaOne conference is about contributing to Open Source, there is a live stream today - starts at 12:30 PDT (in 5 hr 40 mins).
On Sep 16, 2016 10:06 PM, "Mehul Sanghvi" <mehul.sang...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Olivier, > > Yes I understand that its an open-source project. I've made > contributions (within my abilities) to several > open-source projects that I have used for myself. > > My interest in Archiva is different in the sense that its not for > personal use, but for corporate use. What happens, once I'm gone or move > to another project ? I'd have to think about who will maintain it, will > they have time to contribute, etc. > > Personally I like Archiva over Nexus OSS. > > > > cheers, > > mehul > > > > On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 8:57 PM, Olivier Lamy <ol...@apache.org> wrote: > > > Hi Mehul, > > First you need to understand Apache Archiva is an opensource project > > maintained by volunteers (which accept help :-) ). > > So depending on those volunteers spare time, the activity can vary a lot. > > I was just asking other here. > > It looks we may have find Martin who looks happy to help. > > I cannot promise you anything on the project. > > Remember it's opensource depending on committer spare time. > > > > Olivier > > > > > > > > On 13 September 2016 at 22:24, Mehul Sanghvi <mehul.sang...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > I just joined the users mailing list a couple of days, to start looking > > at > > > Archiva. I am coming from a Nexus > > > background, but to get things like staging repositories, we have to pay > > for > > > all the other junk that we don't want. > > > > > > Based on this email thread, it seems Archiva might be starting to head > > down > > > on the road toward the archives. > > > > > > Should I still consider a move to Archiva ? > > > > > > cheers, > > > > > > mehul > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 3:24 PM, Martin Stockhammer < > > m.stockham...@web.de> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Hi Olivier, > > > > > > > > I like archiva, because it's simple and lightweight comparing to > nexus > > > and > > > > artifactory. > > > > It has some advantages to the other two main repository > > implementations: > > > > - You can deploy it on any application server (e.g. we use it on > > > WebSphere) > > > > - it does not claim to be a "multipurpose all providing" repository, > > it's > > > > only > > > > a simple maven repository with a basic set of permission roles > > > > - it's completely open source > > > > > > > > There are some issues that could/should be solved but I think it's > ok, > > > when > > > > there are no major changes the next time. > > > > I'm willing to help (I have already sent some pull requests via > github) > > > and > > > > looking forward to suggestions what could be improved. > > > > > > > > I must say, it was very easy to setup the build environment. The > maven > > > > build > > > > and tests are working very well. And the code where I had to > > investigate > > > > some > > > > issues was clear and understandable (great work!). > > > > > > > > So if I can help, feel free to contact me. I'm subscribed to the > > mailing > > > > lists > > > > already. > > > > > > > > Greetings > > > > > > > > Martin > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > > I'm a bit sad to say I don't have anymore a lot of time to > contribute > > > to > > > > > the project. > > > > > We have a very limited number of contributor. > > > > > So we ask if you are interested to help/contribute to the project. > > > > > Otherwise we will have to move the project to the Attic land [1] > > > > > Let us know if you are interested! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Cheers > > > > > -- > > > > > Olivier Lamy on behalf of Apache Archiva PMC > > > > > http://twitter.com/olamy | http://linkedin.com/in/olamy > > > > > > > > > > [1] http://attic.apache.org/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Mehul N. Sanghvi > > > email: mehul.sang...@gmail.com > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Olivier Lamy > > http://twitter.com/olamy | http://linkedin.com/in/olamy > > > > > > -- > Mehul N. Sanghvi > email: mehul.sang...@gmail.com >
