[Twisted-Python] bringing TxMongo back from the brink!

[bret curtis]

On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 4:19 AM, Glyph <glyph at twistedmatrix.com> wrote:

>
>
> On Jan 29, 2015, at 12:05 PM, Clayton Daley <clayton.daley at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Unless Twisted loves the idea of hosting this, it might make more sense to
> start a TxCommons (like https://github.com/ZF-Commons). This shifts the
> emphasis away from the Twisted and onto the Commons, including:
>
>    - The lower (or lack of) "core support" commitment.  The Commons can
>    still highlight "supported" projects (by the commons or outside
>    organizations), but it's more transparent about the status relative to core.
>    - A significantly lower participation/contribution barrier that isn't
>    interrelated with the politics (and justifiably high standards) of core.
>    - A central place to find Tx libraries that actively welcomes new
>    additions.
>       - My twisted-pyro and twisted-mandrill are so-so examples of what I
>       mean.  If they were a little more mature, it'd be better for someone to
>       find and improve these libraries than start over from scratch.
>       - More importantly, users would know that the project won't
>       fragment if I'm not proactively maintaining it. They can always become an
>       active participant in the Commons and move business along.  Obviously, I
>       relinquish that control if and when I contribute it (or the commons
>       establishes an official fork).
>
> Clayton Daley
>
>
> So, I don't mind the idea of Twisted hosting it for now, but you make a
> good point.  The Twisted org on Github is presently hosting quite a few
> things, with varying degrees of association with various subsets of the
> core developers.
>
> Since ldaptor already moved to this org, I think we should probably just
> move this as well, and then move things *out* later once we have
> established a Commons org and figured out how we want to administer it.
>
> BTW: any chance of renaming those TxPyro and TxMandrill? :)
>
> -glyph
>
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If ever the Twisted org on github feels a bit crowded, I think a break out
to something like TxCommons is a good idea.

Cheers,
Bret
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