Ichiro, while the project will move to the attic, it doesn't mean you can't continue to use it. If it is stable enough as it is right now for you than you should be able to continue to use it as is.
On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 5:59 AM Ichiro Furusato <ichiro.furus...@gmail.com> wrote: > To add just one more voice to the chorus, I'm likewise very sad to hear of > the demise of what > seemed (until this notice) to be a functional and mature project. For the > past nine months I have > advocated replacing the four (!) existing (legacy) aviation and industry > delivery platforms of the > Meteorological Service of New Zealand (MetService) with a Liferay/Shindig > based site. Over the > past year we prototyped a replacement service and are currently awaiting > the next project > funding cycle. Having to go back to our executive management team and tell > them that the > basic architecture of our proposed service is somewhat embarrassing, and we > will likewise now > need to reevaluate and design a new solution. As the lead designer I have > been quite happy > with the Shindig/Open Social Gadget technology, and we had looked forward > to a robust > implementation cycle, replacing fifteen years of crufty service with a > shiny new Gadget-based > solution. > > Sincere thanks to the development team for an excellent job, very sorry to > hear about it being > put into the Attic. There may have been inactivity in the dev side at > Apache but we were actively > using, and planning to use it for a substantial part of our online weather > delivery solution. > > Ichiro > > On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 7:31 AM, Ryan Baxter <rbaxte...@apache.org> wrote: > > > Hi fellow Shindig Devs, > > > > I would like to let you all know that the Shindig PMC has voted to > > terminate the Shindig project and move it to the attic. I have already > > informed the Apache board about the termination in this months board > report > > (below). > > > > As most of you have probably noticed we have seen a decline in > > participation in all aspects of the project over the past months and the > > downward trend has been happening for over a year now. This can > certainly > > be seen in our reports to the board [1]. > > > > If anyone has any questions please let me know, and I will be sure to > keep > > everyone up to date as we transition the project to the attic. Thanks. > > > > -Ryan > > > > [1] https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/SHINDIG/Board+Reports > > > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > > From: Ryan Baxter <rbaxte...@apache.org> > > Date: Mon, Oct 5, 2015 at 9:29 PM > > Subject: Terminate the Apache Shindig Project > > To: bo...@apache.org <bo...@apache.org> > > Cc: priv...@shindig.apache.org <priv...@shindig.apache.org> > > > > > > WHEREAS, the Project Management Committee of the Apache DirectMemory > > project has chosen by vote to recommend moving the project to the > > Attic; and > > > > WHEREAS, the Board of Directors deems it no longer in the best > > interest of the Foundation to continue the Apache Shindig project > > due to inactivity; > > > > NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Apache Shindig > > project is hereby terminated; and be it further > > > > RESOLVED, that the Attic PMC be and hereby is tasked with > > oversight over the software developed by the Apache Shindig > > Project; and be it further > > > > RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache Shindig" is > > hereby terminated; and be it further > > > > RESOLVED, that the Apache Shindig PMC is hereby terminated. > > >
