I'm real interested in using SubSonic, I've downloaded it and I'm enjoying it so far, but looking at the activity on github and googlegroups it doesn't seem to be very active and looks a lot like a project that's dying. There's no videos about it on tekpub and Rob seems to be using nHibernate for all his projects these days. I don't want to focus on learning SubSonic and integrating it into my projects if it's not going to live much longer.
So my question is what's happening with subsonic development, is there a new release imminent is there lots going on behind the scenes or is it as inactive as it seems?
Is SubSonic dying
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I get this question, it seems, if I don't pop a release every 2 months or so. I will admit I'm behind on getting 3.0.0.4 out the door - but there's some patched code that people are sending in without tests and I will not accept that - I'd rather take my time and make sure we don't push bugs (which I apparently did with 3.0.0.3).
Anyway - it's a valid question and no, SubSonic isn't "dying". The best place to see the activity is on the Github site itself: http://github.com/subsonic/
This is one of the main reasons I chose Github, so people can see the activity. I just pulled in a number of changes and am waiting on a last one to get tweaked (there were merge conflicts).
RE your other points: No, I'm not using NHibernate for my work. I'm using it for Kona and a screencast. I answer just about all the email I get from out group but yes, GoogleGroups is a sad thing when it comes to pruning the spam. Your best bet is to just email the group list for a question - it will get answered pretty quickly.
In terms of "death" - I need to talk about that a bit. Open Source projects are incapable of dying if they were born in a fit of inspiration and people find it useful. Both are true of SubSonic. Even if I gave up and told everyone to f-off, someone would pick it up and run with it. I do have to work, like most people, and I have to fit SubSonic into the little amounts of freetime I have between work and family. But there's no way I'd let this die - it means far too much to me.
Either way - I'm sure I'll be back here again in 6 months, answering this question again :).