These are some good points, Gary.
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Matt Sicker
> On Dec 23, 2021, at 15:50, Gary Gregory <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> -1
> We just created logging-log4j1 and converted the SVN repo into it, let's
> stick to that. I even made a commit ;-)
> I claim it is a good thing to start with a new repo because it creates a
> tiny bit of friction, for a project that is still End-of-Life after all.
> Even if it is a bit of friction to bring in old stuff from the old repo,
> this would provide a kind of effort/value filter.
> The concurrent consensus I see on the PMC is to fix the one listed CVE on
> our site plus other fixes in the style of the recent 2.x fixes.
> Bringing in all of the cruft from the old repo will give the wrong
> impression that we actually might be merging this or that random fix and
> feature. Which I claim is not the goal here.
>
> I feel we might need an addendum or a subsequent VOTE with a stated goal or
> charter for this repo to only provide CVE fixes (see above). Projects
> usually have a charter, not components I do not think, but I think we
> should have one here and put it in front and center in the README.md so we
> can manage expectations for people finding the repo on GitHub.
>
> Gary
>
> On Thu, Dec 23, 2021 at 4:35 PM Ralph Goers <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> In https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA-22654 Chris Lambertus has
>> recommended that we can divorce
>> the read-only SVN repo from https://github.com/apache/log4j. However, it
>> will not be able to keep the same
>> name as all Git repos owned by the logging project must start with
>> “logging-“.
>>
>> So this vote is to:
>> 1. Delete the apache/logging-log4j1 repo I created last night.
>> 2. Divorce the apache/log4j repo from SVN.
>> 3. Rename apache/log4j to apache/logging-log4j1.
>> 4. Create a branch named “main” from the v1_2_17 tag.
>> 5. Make main the default branch in GitHub.
>>
>> While all votes are welcome Infra needs consensus from the PMC on this
>> vote so the result will separate
>> binding from non-binding votes.
>>
>> Ralph
>>
>> PS - I’ve separated this from the previous vote thread since it was mostly
>> discussion. If you want to discuss
>> this please prefix the subject with [DISCUSS]
