This is a formal vote to retire the Apache Pivot project. Please indicate your preference:
[ ] +1 retire Pivot [ ] +-0 don't care [ ] -1 don't retire because... The forwarded message was sent over three months ago with no response: On 2023/07/20 17:22:34 Roger Whitcomb wrote: > Hello, > As anyone who has followed the Pivot project for any time will know, the > project has not gotten much, if any, involvement for a number of years now. > We are seriously behind the curve in keeping up with major changes such as > the permanent deprecation of the Applet class in Java, which renders even the > source code uncompilable with the latest JDKs. > > I have been undertaking efforts to make a “terminal” release (probably > version 2.1.0) of PIvot for some years now, but even these efforts have > stalled now that my $dayjob no longer involves Pivot (actually I’m retired > from the work world now). > > After many discussions with the ASF Board, and other members, we have > tentatively made the decision to move Pivot to the Attic …. AT SOME POINT. > The Board suggested that before we take a formal vote on that, we should > notify everyone involved of this impending decision. > > So, there you go. Here is your notice that the Apache Pivot project is > heading for the Apache Attic in the “near future”, so anyone using it should > make plans to stabilize your own projects, and/or move to an alternative > platform (likely either JavaFX or some Eclipse-based framework, which are > still being actively supported). > > It especially pains me personally to have to make this announcement, but … > such is life sometimes. > > Sincerely, > Roger Whitcomb > Apache Pivot PMC Chair > ASF Member > >
