[Xorp-users] Show of hands on users please

Garry Peirce peirce at maine.edu
Mon Mar 8 09:05:07 PST 2010


We are (soon to be) using Xorp 1.6 in a production educational environment
for stub site access devices.  Initially using for simple IGP routing, some
mcast and future implementations of v6.

Over the past year, we've worked with a supplier of a customized access
device to integrate it over use of another commercial network platform.
I've been a bit nervous over time not seeing a sense of frequent
development/defect resolution activity, but the recent thread on development
issues has me more concerned.  

Xorp has been good fit for us so far and we'd obviously like to see it
succeed. 
I may not fully understand what may be going on in the background, but I
would hope that a way can be found to integrate defect resolutions found
within any sub-branches of the mainline and a renewed sense of openness can
rise from the unfortunate demise of Xorp.inc.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: xorp-users-bounces at xorp.org [mailto:xorp-users-bounces at xorp.org]
> On Behalf Of Bruce Simpson
> Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2010 7:47 AM
> To: xorp; xorp users
> Subject: [Xorp-users] Show of hands on users please
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Given the recent XORP, Inc. business failure, it's understandable that
> people are concerned about the future of the open source work product
> ongoing.
> 
> We really need a show of hands, on organisations who may be using XORP,
> in a commercial or semi-commercial capacity. I have received some leads
> in this regard, and will be following up as time permits. If you or
> your
> organisation are using XORP, please get in touch.
> 
> There is a strategy which needs to be followed in order to get the
> project back to healthy status, however, this may not be 100%
> compatible
> with a volunteer-based way of doing things.
> 
> An interim 1.7 release is a possibility. This has taken a long time
> because the release management process has been starved of resources.
> It
> is likely that not all of the boxes which we'd like for that release to
> be ticked, would be ticked.
> 
> regards,
> BMS
> 
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