svn commit: r581364 - /commons/proper/email/trunk/STATUS.html

[bs...@apache.org]

Author: bspeakmon
Date: Tue Oct  2 12:45:41 2007
New Revision: 581364

URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=581364&view=rev
Log:
- update status for post-1.1 life

Modified:
    commons/proper/email/trunk/STATUS.html

Modified: commons/proper/email/trunk/STATUS.html
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/commons/proper/email/trunk/STATUS.html?rev=581364&r1=581363&r2=581364&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- commons/proper/email/trunk/STATUS.html (original)
+++ commons/proper/email/trunk/STATUS.html Tue Oct  2 12:45:41 2007
@@ -64,10 +64,16 @@
 <a name="Release Info"></a>
 <h3>3.  RELEASE INFO</h3>
 
-<p>Current Release: Email is yet to be released.</p>
+<p>Current Release: 1.1</p>
 
-<p>Planned Next Release:  The components are relatively mature and from
-Turbine, and recently unit testing and code cleanup has been performed.</p>
+<p>Planned Next Release: No release plan is currently active for this
+  component. The 1.1 release was designed to apply fixes for
+  longstanding problems dating back to the 1.0 release. Some
+  incomplete code has been contributed for possible use as
+  commons-email 2.0, but no one has yet shown the interest in
+  developing it into a fully realized project. Contributors are
+  welcome to pick up the ball and run with it.
+</p>
 
 
 <a name="Committers"></a>
@@ -75,11 +81,14 @@
 
 <p>
 The following individuals are the current developers and maintainers of this
-component, there are many emeritus developers.  The lack of commons committers is
-indicative of the long stagnant period, plus recent "new blood" that haven't been
-involved long enough to be voted in as committers.  Developers who plan to use
+component. There are many emeritus developers. Developers who plan to use
 <em>Email</em> in their own projects are encouraged to collaborate on the future
 development of this component to ensure that it continues to meet a variety of needs.
+</p>
+<p>
+Ben Speakmon has volunteered for the time being to maintain the
+existing 1.1 release, triage bugs and feature requests, and answer
+questions related to email that arise on the user mailing lists.
 </p>
 <ul>
 <li><a href="mailto:epugh at opensourceconnections.com">Eric Pugh</a> (Commons Committer)</li>