Re: [upnp-sdk-dev] Project UPnP is DEAD

[Nektarios K. P. <npa...@in...>]

Hi Dan,

I've been using upnp-sdk for the last 12 months so I've to thank the 
creators/maintainers for this. Congrats!

OTOH, I've been subscribed to the mailing lists for the same amount of 
time and I'm sorry to say that before 1.3.1 came out, I had the same 
feeling with Mike.

The list of open patches/bugs that goes back a few years is certainly 
giving that impression. I've submitted three of them myself and I've to 
say that when I did I was thinking "I don't expect anyone to see 
this...". 2 of them got closed with 1.3.1 release.

When I saw the 1.3.1 announcement, I was totally surprised. The 1.3.0 
released just one day before, was never announced. There was no 
discussion on the list about the plans, no pre-release for us to test etc.

I mean, even Remi's queries "Is libupnp maintained ?" and "automake and 
autoconf for libupnp ?" back in Oct 13 2005 remained unanswered in the 
dev list. Obviously, they were answered/discussed privately but this 
does not help to attract more developers.

I think you could have been more clear about "help wanted"; as you just 
did ;-)
So, I'd like to help with the project anyway I can (when time permits).

BR,
Nektarios

Dan Baumberger wrote:
> Why should you be surprised if the maintainers are still active? How did you
> get subscribed to the SDK dev mailing list if there are no maintainers?
> 
> The project was inactive not for lack of interest by the maintainers, but
> lack of interest from the community. For years, no one was really willing to
> contribute anything nor was anyone interested in taking over the project.
> Those of us who started the project have been waiting to see if any interest
> kindled in the project. Only in the last couple of months has some interest
> sparked. 
> 
> As for developer interest, I've been monitoring the mailing lists from day
> one. Other than Remi and John of late, there hasn't been much developer
> interest. I haven't seen much email with patches or queries about getting
> involved. Had I seen that, I would have responded. 
> 
> If you wish to take over as the (or a) maintainer of the project, let me
> know and I can add you. I would like to see this project continue to
> flourish. It is just unfortunate that I do not have the time to contribute
> to this project.
> 
> 	- Dan -
> 
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> 
> Not very funny what I can see...
> 
> - the homepage at upnp.sf.net is totally outdated, not only the latest
> release isn't mentioned there
> 
> - the maintainers seem to be not interested in the project, the bugtracker
> is full of open bugs
> 
> - patches and modifications that are sent in by developers are ignored,
> nothing new is integrated
> 
> So I'd not be astonished if there are also no maintainers active within the
> mailing lists. For me that means the project is dead, apparently because of
> the lack of interest of the maintainers while developers are willing and
> able to contribute to the project.
> 
> Also if I won't expect to get an answer: what plans are there with the
> future of the libupnp?
> 
> Mike
> 
>