We could also push the projects into the Apache Attic. 2010/4/16 Niall Pemberton <niall.pember...@gmail.com>: > 2010/4/5 Oliver Zeigermann <oliver.zeigerm...@gmail.com>: >> Folks! >> >> The only discussion seems to be about "how to retire the project", not >> "if to retire the project". This means to me we all agree to at least >> temporarily retire it and there is no more discussion about how to do >> it. >> >> As the Apache commons way of retiring seems to be to move it to the >> dormant section that is what I propose. > > Up to now everything in dormant has been sandbox components that were > never released. In my mind *retiring* a proper component that has had > releases is different from a sandbox component that became inactive. > I'm wondering if we should distinguish between these two scenarios > rather than just putting them all together in dormant? > > Niall > > >> What are the next steps? Do we need a formal vote? Or are we just doing it? >> >> - Oliver >> >> 2010/3/29 Paul Benedict <pbened...@apache.org>: >>> +1 to push any inactive projects to the attic. they can always be >>> moved back if real activity begins. >>> >>> 2010/3/28 Henri Yandell <flame...@gmail.com>: >>>> 2010/3/28 Phil Steitz <phil.ste...@gmail.com>: >>>>> Niall Pemberton wrote: >>>>>> On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 7:22 PM, Henri Yandell <flame...@gmail.com> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> 2010/3/28 Rafał Krupiński <r.krupin...@gmail.com>: >>>>>>>> On 28.03.2010 20:13, Henri Yandell wrote: >>>>>>>>> Unless anyone speaks up for it, I'm all for our making a Retired >>>>>>>>> section and moving Transaction to it. Possibly we could relabel >>>>>>>>> 'Dormant' then to be more Sandbox focused and consider some others for >>>>>>>>> Retired (Attributes, Discovery, Modeler jump to mind). >>>>>>>> You mean something like Apache Attic? >>>>>>> Fair point. Let's assume moving it to the Attic. I'm not sure it'll be >>>>>>> a perfect fit, but if it doesn't we can always maintain our own >>>>>>> Retired page. >>>>>> >>>>>> I guess I shouldn't be telling you how the attic works, but IMO its >>>>>> for projects which don't have a functioning PMC. Thats not the case >>>>>> for Commons so I think it would be better to keep *retired* components >>>>>> here. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> +1 - and I am not sure we can really distinguish "retired" from >>>>> "dormant." Not breathing is not breathing and resurrection is >>>>> resurrection. :) >>>> >>>> Xang went to the Attic from the XML PMC, and Slide + Taglibs (minus >>>> those that went to Tomcat) are expected to go there from Jakarta, so >>>> it's definitely not been limited only to those without PMCs. I think >>>> we could do either option and am not tied to either. >>>> >>>> Attic-wise... I was thinking of making a page there, much as Taglibs >>>> will have, which will list retired components. >>>> >>>> Commons-wise, we'd have a retired page and probably link to it from >>>> the Attic page as an FYI. So really all we're talking about is the url >>>> for the retired page and the process for restarting a component. >>>> >>>> Hen >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org >>>> >>>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org >>> >>> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org >> >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > >
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