| [tools-pmc] Re: [photran-dev] Moving Photran from Technology to be a component of PTP |
At least from my perspective: 1) Yes, I'm prepared to include Photran in the PTP management, planning, and release process. 2) Control and technical direction of a project is determined by the committers. I don't see this changing for Photran. Regards, Greg Jeffrey Overbey <subscribe-photran-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on 06/19/2008 04:45:44 PM: > > Hello all, > > > * the project lead never answers any of my emails > > Given Ralph's reply, I'll assume you (Bjorn) are talking about > discussions on one of the mailing lists project leads are expected to > monitor. > > > 3. either utilize or delete the photran-dev mailing list (I see that > > you use photran@ instead of/in addition to? photran-dev@) > > photran@ is the list for user questions/discussions, photran-dev@ is for > Photran developers. The volume of mail on photran-dev is directly > proportional to the number of active committers on the project (1), so > this is really a manifestation of another problem. > > My understanding from Bjorn is: > > 1. Photran will move to PTP on July 16 unless we explicitly act otherwise; > > 2. the problems with the Photran project are chronic failures to (1) > comply with the Eclipse development process, (2) build a developer > community, and (3) show progress toward becoming an active and viable > open-source project; and > > 3. moving to being a component of PTP will solve these problems by (1) > placing Photran under the auspices of a compliant project (2) with a > larger group of developers (3) targeting a similar group of users. > > For the record, my understanding from Greg is, if Photran were a > component of PTP, > > 1. Greg would take over the project lead's responsibilities: release > planning, coordinating monthly conference calls, ensuring process > compliance, scheduling reviews, etc.; > > 2. UIUC would maintain control over the design and technical direction > of Photran until a larger community of active Photran developers is > formed; and > > 3. Photran-related discussions would move to the respective PTP mailing > lists, and Photran's Web site and CVS repositories would move under PTP's. > > Jeff |