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A second question relates to the fact that a core element of Aries is the protocols defined in the Aries RFCs repo. Does the TSC have an opinion on whether Hyperledger Aries is the right, safe location for those protocols?
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- ACA-Py had 11 releases in 2020
- Aries Framework Go has 5 releases in 2020
There are (at least) 14 active repos in Aries (per the metrics below – although I think there might be a couple of others...to be verified), including the major (and several less mature) frameworks, conformance and interoperability test suites, and several tools and utilities. Added in early 2021 is an Aries-level secure storage component that replaces a comparable component in the indy-sdk and is available for use across frameworks. It is the first "shared component" in Aries, with more expected in the next year.
Overall Activity in the Past Quarter
Per the Aries Activity Dashboard for the last quarter of 2020, Aries codebases had 708 commits in 506 PRs from 44 contributors.
Community participation is extremely active in rocketchat channels, community calls, and repo PR reviews and issues. Email lists are less frequently used.
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