Hi all: Just wanted to officially (and a bit belatedly) announce that as of the December board meeting, we've agreed to create a new Top Level Project for Axis1, Axis2, all the modules (i.e. Rampart, Sandesha, Kandua, Savan), and the commons transports. In other words, everything that has to do with Axis will now live under "axis.apache.org" instead of "ws.apache.org".
I'll follow up with a more detailed note in a day or two, including a FAQ and descriptions of the logistics. We're going to do our best to make sure that the community is disrupted as little as possible during the transition, and you'll get warning before we do the actual moves of things like SVN and the mailing lists. I'm going to temporarily be the chair for both projects. The rest of the subprojects under Web Services are going to be reviewed over the next few months and we'll decide their dispositions - the plan is basically to promote the active ones to TLPs, and retire the inactive ones to the Attic. It's possible that the WS project itself may remain to house a few subprojects into the future, or that it will disappear after everything has been moved. Stay tuned. In the meanwhile, business as usual for all the non-Axis projects. This is a great step forward towards focusing the development effort and community around Axis, and thanks to everyone who helped to discuss and vote upon this resolution over the past year or so. Regards, --Glen
