[DISCUSSION] Ways to Improve Project Activity

[sharanf <sh...@apache.org>]

Hi All

It's been a while since we talked about what our product roadmap is. 
Initially we talked about doing a complete re-structure and re-write of 
the codebase but to do that we need to have some ideas and plan to put 
into action. Without those we are limited in what we can communicate 
about what we want to do. And people who want to help are not sure where 
can do anything.
If we want to improve project activity then we need to make it clear 
what we're doing and when, and how people can help.

There are a few things to consider

  * the new Kibble repo is empty but we have the Kibble-1 repo that is
    still being used to collect and report all the ASF projects that are
    setup
  * people that want to try out Kibble have to be pointed to the
    Kibble-1 repo (so that shows something in our documentation /
    communication about the current state of the project needs some work)
  * we've been a TLP for 6 years and not yet made a release

So if we have existing users (as our demo is actually real data for the 
projects) so why not make it easier for them to use what they already 
have access to. Lack of good clear documentation has been an issue 
highlighted for many projects - so I think we need to focus on tidying 
up ours. I should have some time from mid to late March to start the 
documentation review and tidy up.

I think we could also be a bit more responsive to any queries we get - 
we've had the case when people have forked the Kibble repo and asked 
questions but it's taken a bit of time to get a response. We just need 
to be more aware of any activity coming in and try to get some initial 
feedback out.

The question of getting a release out is something I'd like to work on 
to try and get done - so that we don't have to flag in our reports that 
we haven't yet done one.

These are the main things that I see that could help us improve project 
activity - plus hopefully grow the community.

Please feel free to add any thoughts, comments or general feedback to 
any of the points I've mentioned.

Thanks
Sharan