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TPF not participating? (Score:1)
Before I get all slashdotty (OMFG Perl is dying!), is there a discussion somewhere online about TPF not participating? (The way you say it makes it seem like common knowledge.) I don't see any projects in the list with the word "perl" in them.
Re:TPF not participating? (Score:2)
I wouldn't be inclined to see the fact that The Perl Foundation don't have any projects in the SoC as some kind of indication of the imminent demise of the language, rather that a lot of people who might otherwise been involved are somewhat over-committed on other projects or, you know, real life.
My personal view on this is that if TPF's involvment in SoC in previous years had been more of an unambiguous success then there would have been more enthusiasm and energy behind doing something this year; others of course might have a different view and might want to provide more of the background to this.
As it is I don't think there is any particular harm in us (as in the Perl community at large) stepping aside from this for a year. Next year we might have a great crop of projects and some really enthusiastic students who will bring something long-lasting to Perl.
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Previously Google has told me that they only wanted on Perl mentoring organization. If I'd known that TPF wasn't going to participate, Stonehenge would have taken its place. However, TPF still exists in name despite not existing in action, so people defer it it when something requires action. I won't make that mistake again.
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