Re: [iot-pmc] Is this project still active?

[Wayne Beaton <wayne.beaton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hey PMC.

My apologies for the delay.

I have received no response from the project team, in either public or private form.

IMHO, the project is dysfunctional. My recommendation is that we retire all current committers and project leads from the Eclipse ioFog project and appoint Emirhan Durmuş as both committer and project lead. The EMO team will spend some time mentoring Emirhan through the process of establishing the team and set him on a path to success with the EDP. The project is currently in the incubation phase; We'll use this as an opportunity to push the Eclipse ioFog project towards graduation into the mature phase.

I'll plan to make these changes on February 11, unless I hear otherwise from you (I'll assume lazy consensus otherwise).

Thanks,

Wayne

On Mon, 5 Jan 2026 at 15:27, Wayne Beaton <wayne.beaton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Greetings Eclipse ioFog committers.

Thanks for all of your support of the Eclipse ioFog project over the years.

I have to ask a difficult question: is this project still active?

AFAICT, there has been no commit activity in any project Git repository in more than one year. There are several pull requests that have (AFAICT) had no attention from the project team.

Are there any committers who are still active? Is there anybody on the team who can review pull requests?

I have a community member who is ready to step up, but they cannot build the necessary merit required to join the project as a committer if their pull requests are not reviewed and merged.

If the existing project team can no longer support the project, then the EMO will work with the Eclipse IoT PMC to determine a corrective course of action. In a situation where a project team is no longer able to support the project, a common mitigation is to declare the project dysfunctional and replace the team with new committers and project leads.

My strong preference, of course, is for the project team to engage with their community and grow the team following our usual open, transparent, and meritocratic processes.

I've added the IoT PMC in copy. PMC members: let's give the team a week or so to respond and then we can discuss mitigation options if required.

Thanks for your attention.

Wayne

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Wayne Beaton (he/him)

Director, Open Source Projects | Eclipse Foundation

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Wayne Beaton (he/him)

Head of Open Source Projects | Eclipse Foundation