> On 5 Oct 2015, at 18:11, Ross Gardler <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Thanks Scott,
> 
> I recommend the board report for this month indicate that there is a 
> discussion thread underway (this one) and that we will vote and act before 
> the next reporting session.

Good call.

> 
> That gives us a whole quarter to ensure this is the right thing for the 
> project.
> 
> For what it is worth I’m +0 on the proposal. There are more than three active 
> PMC members (from an oversight perspective), but it seems no development is 
> underway as you say. If there are users out there who want to keep the 
> project alive now is the time to step up.

I’ve been contacting developers who’ve been mentioning the project in recent 
events - not many, but there are a few, and it would be good to give them an 
opportunity to get involved. I’m happy to mentor anyone who wants to take an 
active role in steering the project.

> 
> Ross
> 
> From: Scott Wilson [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Monday, October 5, 2015 10:00 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Move Wookie to the Attic?
> 
> In our recent reports to the ASF Board we’ve raised the possibility of Wookie 
> moving to the Attic[1], given we haven’t been able to grow our community over 
> the past two years.
> 
> I think now is as good a time as any to make that decision, and so I’m 
> proposing we recommend that the Board moves Wookie to the Attic in our report 
> this month.
> 
> When a project moves to the Attic it means it is no longer being actively 
> developed at ASF; however the code remains available for anyone using it, and 
> if anyone wishes to take the code and make use of it outside of ASF (e.g. 
> creating a fork) they are very welcome to do so.
> 
> However, there will be no further official ASF releases unless the project is 
> “rebooted” by putting it back into the Incubator to build a new community 
> around it.
> 
> There is no urgency in this as we still have enough PMC members to vote on 
> releases, and none of us are actively withdrawing, so if anyone does object 
> to the idea of moving Wookie to the Attic please speak up. If anyone in the 
> community wants to take the project forwards that would be very welcome!
> 
> S
> 
> [1] http://attic.apache.org/

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