On Thu, Mar 18, 2021 at 02:46:19PM -0400, Jim Albert wrote: > OK... last email on this topic. > I feel like I'm getting replies like I'm from another planet for > asking prudent questions. > If others want to keep their heads in the sand and get a huge > surprise someday when a Perl update or a new version of Apache they > just installed breaks mod_perl or there's a vulnerability that > requires a fix and there's no one to fix... go ahead and roll your > dice... it's your party.
You are not understanding. We'v been at this for several decades so... you know we aren't idiots. > > If you care at all about your software environment you should want > to have an understanding of when you need to look for a replacement > and when a product hits EOL. Umm - yopu have worked for corperate too long and fail to understand anythoing outside of that context. There is no EOL although the internet itslef is quickly becoming irrelevant. > No, I don't want to look for a > replacement, but I do want to have an understanding of when to > recognize when that is going to be a necessity given a software > package's managed lifecycle. Perhaps others here are still looking > for devices to play their 1970s 8-track tapes? > > For anyone who actually does care given Adam's direction to the > attic description at https://attic.apache.org/. > If mod_perl hits The Apache Attic, I consider that fair warning. I > don't think that 100% indicates an absolute final nail, but > reasonable fair warning. I appreciate the responses of those that > have lead me to that information. > > Jim > > On 3/18/2021 2:14 PM, Michel Jansen wrote: > >Hi there, > > > >If it broken it doesnt have to be fixed. Our purchase system is running > >almost 20 years on modperl and there is no reason for is to stop this. We > >are very happy with it. How about that? > > > >Michel Jansen > > > >>Op 18 mrt. 2021 om 17:48 heeft adam.pr...@utoronto.ca het volgende > >>geschreven: > >> > >>If you go back to Sander's original email, he outlines what will happen if > >>we can't staff the PMC sufficiently to meet Apache's guidelines. The > >>project woudl go to the attic[1]. There are lots of projects in the Attic. > >>Some of them have been forked and continue to have development done on > >>them. At any rate, there will be some notice, though probably not years of > >>notice, and the source code absolutely will not 'suddenly disappear'. I'd > >>suggest following the link below and reading about what the attic is, and > >>what it would mean to get more context if you're interested in more detail. > >> > >>Adam > >> > >>[1] http://attic.apache.org/ > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>Quoting Jim Albert <j...@netrition.com>: > >> > >>>When mod_perl does come to an end what would an End of Life look like? > >>>I'm told mod_perl is an Apache Software Foundation project. Do Apache > >>>Software Foundation projects have a structured life cycle or do some > >>>just suddenly disappear with no warning given various situations that > >>>result in the need for EOL? > >>> > >>>Jim > >> > >> > > -- So many immigrant groups have swept through our town that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998 http://www.mrbrklyn.com DRM is THEFT - We are the STAKEHOLDERS - RI Safir 2002 http://www.nylxs.com - Leadership Development in Free Software http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/resources - Unpublished Archive http://www.coinhangout.com - coins! http://www.brooklyn-living.com Being so tracked is for FARM ANIMALS and extermination camps, but incompatible with living as a free human being. -RI Safir 2013
