I'm sorry for the sunset of the project.
Do we have the conclusion for this vote?


Willem

On 2023/10/28 17:53:43 Craig L Russell wrote:
> 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
> > 
> > 
> 

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