+1 Dave Brondsema
On 2019/11/11 05:46:31, David Crossley <cross...@apache.org> wrote: > The Apache Forrest project has seen little activity for a long time, and > there has not been a release since 2011. > > As noted in the quarterly Board reports [1], for years the Forrest PMC has > been keeping the project in maintenance mode. > > Recent board reports have indicated a move to the Apache Attic. A thread was > commenced on the project mailing lists to provide an opportuntity for people > to discuss that possibility and to re-engage [2]. There was no further > discussion. > > Note that the project resources would still be available. There would be no > further releases. The Apache Forrest PMC would be terminated by Board > resolution, and the Apache Attic PMC would instead have the oversight. > > This vote thread is to confirm the desire of the project, being the next step > in the Attic process [3]. > > The general voting process is explained at the Forrest project guidelines > [4]. This situation was not anticipated by the guidelines. So in this case > anyone can vote. > > So please vote whether Apache Forrest will be retired and moved to the Attic: > +1 yes move to the Attic > -1 the project should continue, and indicates commitment to revitalise the > project > > The three outcomes could be: > > A) There are three or more people voting -1, saying that they would instead > like the project to continue and agree to be involved. > In this case, a probable course would be to go via the Apache Incubator [5] > to revitalise the community. > > B) The normal positive outcome, with three or more +1 votes. > C) Insufficent votes indicates a dormant PMC. > > So in those latter cases, the remainder of the Attic process would ensue. > > Also note that even after moving to the Attic, there are processes defined > there regarding moving out again. > > The vote will run for one month to be summarised on 11 December. > > > [1] https://whimsy.apache.org/board/minutes/Forrest.html > > [2] > https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/fda24957e049f10d282037594d2aa61ce9a31cf8fc5313959aa81672@%3Cdev.forrest.apache.org%3E > Subject: Forrest possibly retiring? > Date: 2019-06-11 > > [3] https://attic.apache.org/process.html > > [4] https://forrest.apache.org/guidelines.html > > [5] https://incubator.apache.org/ > >
