Hi, I agree with one Noel, Henri, and Danny have said. For interest's sake, let me explain what's been happening with Watchdog, as I think it's a useful example for other "graveyard" or "end-of-life" scenarios.
We use Watchdog as part of the tomcat release process. When Ant 1.6 was released and the launcher class split from ant.jar into ant-launcher.jar, the watchdog run in ant 1.6 was broken. It works fine in Ant 1.5 and earlier, but we want to use Ant 1.6 to build tomcat. So the workaround now is a manual process whereby the person building tomcat has to copy ant-launcher.jar into the lib directory of watchdog. A tiny change to the Watchdog build.xml would fix this, and I've submitted a Bugzilla enhancement request with the patch. But there's no one to act on my request, leaving us in a situation where we either use an older ant or do the manual copy (or hack the tomcat build file in an ugly way to accommodate watchdog's build problems). Yoav Shapira Millennium Research Informatics >-----Original Message----- >From: Danny Angus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 12:01 PM >To: Jakarta General List >Subject: RE: [Watchdog] Dead? > > > > > > >> First of all, I'm curious to know what you think incubation has to do >with >> dormant projects. > >It's the opposite. > >> Secondly, I'm not one who favors "closing" an open source project. Ever. >I >> didn't really agree with closing java.apache.org. Although I do agree >with >> closing that domain, in retrospect, I'd have moved the content to >Jakarta. >> In my view, dormant projects should have their scm resources left in >place, >> and can have their mailing addresses reflected to a communal list, such >as >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (or community@, although I a separate address >> might be better). > >I think you're right, remember that we do need to have someone somewhere >answerable to the board and with oversight over any project which has >public resources, whether it is active, maintenance only or unsupported >end-of-life. > >To that end a dis-incubator seemed like a good idea around the time the >apache incubator was formed. > >It would have a lot less to do, probably little more than list moderation, >but it would give people the comfort feel that someone somewhere would be >alerted to potential "issues" with projects which no longer have or need a >community. If enough interest is shown in a retired project it can be >re-vitalised by a visit to the incubator.. > >FWIW I would be happy to volunteer my time for this. > >d. > > > > > >*********************************************************************** **** >The information in this e-mail is confidential and for use by the >addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient (or responsible >for delivery of the message to the intended recipient) please notify us >immediately on 0141 306 2050 and delete the message from your computer. You >may not copy or forward it or use or disclose its contents to any other >person. As Internet communications are capable of data corruption Student >Loans Company Limited does not accept any responsibility for changes made >to this message after it was sent. For this reason it may be inappropriate >to rely on advice or opinions contained in an e-mail without obtaining >written confirmation of it. Neither Student Loans Company Limited or the >sender accepts any liability or responsibility for viruses as it is your >responsibility to scan attachments (if any). Opinions and views expressed >in this e-mail are those of the sender and may not reflect the opinions and >views of The Student Loans Company Limi! > ted. > >This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the >presence of computer viruses. > >*********************************************************************** *** > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This e-mail, including any attachments, is a confidential business communication, and may contain information that is confidential, proprietary and/or privileged. This e-mail is intended only for the individual(s) to whom it is addressed, and may not be saved, copied, printed, disclosed or used by anyone else. If you are not the(an) intended recipient, please immediately delete this e-mail from your computer system and notify the sender. Thank you. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
