It has been almost two years since the Derby sub-project published a new
version. I myself have no interest in managing another Derby release.
Bryan is the only other active Derby committer. Bugs are reported
occasionally but they are never fixed. Mailing-list activity consists
almost entirely of spam rejects. No-one has volunteered to refresh the
Derby website with the new Apache logo.
I think that the time has come to retire Derby. As I understand it, this
means putting Derby into a read-only state:
o The Derby repository would become read-only.
o Distributions would be removed from the Download tab.
o The developer and user lists would be closed down. Mailing list
archives would still be browsable.
o A prominent banner would be added to the Derby website landing page,
stating that Derby was now retired and read-only.
o The Derby website, JIRA, and wiki would be placed in read-only mode.
Before calling a retirement vote, I would like to give the developer and
user communities an opportunity to discuss this change.
What are your thoughts?
-Rick
