All, I am an Apache Member, but I am writing the first part of this email with my VMware Chief Open Source Officer hat firmly on.
First, I would like to apologize on behalf of VMware for how this played out. VMware takes its reputation within open source communities very seriously. An email to call a vote to move the project to the attic from an individual that is neither a committer or PMC member in this community was wholly inappropriate and did not live up to the standards that we expect from our team members. At this point, VMware will continue to support our employees that are part of this community. We will work with those members of our team to help them be open and transparent about the community’s health, and to try to improve the diversity of the PMC. Switching to my Apache Member hat: This vote is just simply *not* valid. No discussion occurred on list around the project’s health, and this was done much too quickly for it to be considered to represent the community’s consensus. My advice to the community is to begin to have a discussion around the health of this project in an open and transparent way. Users that are interested should consider getting involved, and committers / PMC members should encourage others to contribute. -chip On 2022/10/17 17:05:56 Ed Espino wrote: > Thank you to all that participated. Here are the results of the Apache > MADlib move to Apache Attic proposal: > > 7 vote(s) - [+1] Move MADlib to the Attic > 1 vote(s) - [ 0] Don't care > 0 vote(s) - [-1] Don't move MADlib to the Attic. > > We have consensus on proceeding with the Apache MADlib move to Apache Attic. > > I will help shepherd the Apache MADlib project move to the Apache Attic. I > will adhere to the Apache Attic processes as described in the following > docs: > > Moving a PMC to the Attic: https://attic.apache.org/process.html > The Apache Attic: https://attic.apache.org/ > > Regards, > -=ed espino >
