On Sat, Jul 4, 2015 at 6:15 PM, Deepal jayasinghe <[email protected]> wrote: > Sound good. I am +1 on having under one PMC boundary. So, let's try to move > them to archive. Will start a vote. > > Regarding Sandesha2, I think we have to keep that with Axis branch, because > Axis2 needs those to fully function.
For reference: http://markmail.org/thread/ogxygniqcesqyub2 Sandesha2 is an implementation of WS-RM, and that protocol is not widely used. When I removed the build from Jenkins, it had concurrency issues nobody has ever been able to figure out how to fix. > Deepal > >> The same as moving them to the Attic, except that you don't cross PMC >> boundaries. You basically do two things: >> >> - Move the SVN trees of the projects to /axis/archive. >> - Add a notice to their sites saying that they are no longer active >> (see e.g. http://ws.apache.org/wsif/) or remove/archive their sites >> entirely. >> >> Once that's done, you don't need to mention them in the board reports any >> more. >> >> BTW, it's once thing to decide moving subprojects to the >> archive/Attic, but we also need to implement these decisions. IIRC, we >> decided to archive Sandesha2 and some other stuff, but that decision >> has never been implemented. >> >> Andreas >> >> On Sat, Jul 4, 2015 at 1:33 AM, Deepal jayasinghe <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> What do we achieve from moving projects to archive ? we still need to >>> keep >>> reporting to the board ?. >>> >>> Above all, do we think we have enough cycles to fix issues and make >>> releases? >>> >>> Deepal >>>> >>>> I'm in favor of _archiving_ Axis1/C++ and Axis2/C. By archiving I mean >>>> doing the same as we did with inactive projects in Apache Web >>>> Services, i.e. moving them to an archive area inside the PMC's SVN >>>> tree. I think that's much easier than moving them to the Attic PMC. >>>> >>>> Regarding the Axis(/Java) 1.x branch, getting it ready for a release >>>> will require some work and that is not going to happen in the near >>>> future. However, I think that keeping the branch alive is useful for >>>> our users. The fact is that the original Axis 1.4 source distribution >>>> is no longer buildable because of problems with modern JDKs and unit >>>> tests that call external Web services that have been shut down long >>>> ago. On the other hand, the code in the branch has been refactored to >>>> use Maven, the unit tests with external (runtime) dependencies have >>>> been fixed and the code is currently buildable. There is clear >>>> evidence that users make use of that branch. Two recent examples: >>>> AXIS-2442 (a user who checked out the Axis 1.x branch and then cherry >>>> picked a patch from another abandoned branch) and [1] (a pull request >>>> created using the Github mirror for that branch). I think that as long >>>> as somebody (me) finds the time to keep that branch buildable and >>>> there are users who use it to solve issues, there is no reason to shut >>>> it down. >>>> >>>> Andreas >>>> >>>> [1] https://github.com/apache/axis1-java/pull/1 >>>> >>>> On Fri, Jul 3, 2015 at 3:26 AM, Sagara Gunathunga >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> On Fri, Jul 3, 2015 at 7:47 AM, Deepal jayasinghe <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> All, >>>>>> >>>>>> Seems like we do not have enough activities going on Axis2/c and Axis1 >>>>>> project, and no clear plans for future release or bug fixes. Unless >>>>>> someone >>>>>> wants to come forward to keep the projects active I would consider >>>>>> moving >>>>>> them to Attic. >>>>>> >>>>>> What do you think ? >>>>>> >>>>> +1 to move Axis2/c into Attic. >>>>> >>>>> Sometimes back I have seen Andreas was doing some improvements on >>>>> Axis1 >>>>> but not sure whether we are in a position to release it, >>>>> otherwise I'm ok to move Axis1 also into Attic. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks ! >>>>> >>>>>> Based on the outcome, I will start a vote. >>>>>> >>>>>> Deepal >>>>>> >>>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >>>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Sagara Gunathunga >>>>> >>>>> Blog - http://ssagara.blogspot.com >>>>> Web - http://people.apache.org/~sagara/ >>>>> LinkedIn - http://www.linkedin.com/in/ssagara >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >>>> >>>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >>> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
