> 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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