Hi all,
I'm ok to continue the project. I've done some code work on the spatial
branch.
Best,
Alain
On 21/10/2020 06:46, Roy T. Fielding wrote:
On 2020/04/14 12:30:48, Jakob Frank <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi everyone,
Apache Marmotta, an open Platform for Linked Data. This is how the
project started in December 2012 when it entered the Apache Incubator.
It was a state-of-the-art (and partially beyond) software platform.
A SQL-based triple store with a performant SPARQL-Implementation. You
could run SPARQL-Queries on a full DBpedia import!
With ld-path and ld-cache we offered libraries that allow to consume
linked data in real-world usecases.
And last but not least, Apache Marmotta became (and is) a reference
implementation of the Linked Data Platform (W3C-Rec.) [2]
In the last years, Apache Marmotta has been dormant. The latest release
was in June 2018. The last commit also. Also the mailing-lists have been
silent for several months now.
All these are signals that it's time to consider moving the project to
the Attic [2].
If volunteers are willing to step up and continue the project, now is
the (last) chance to do so. I'd be happy to help transitioning the
project management to new heads!
Otherwise I'll prepare to move the project to the Attic in with the May
board report.
Best,
Jakob
[1]
<https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/ldpwg/raw-file/default/tests/reports/ldp.html#subj_8>
[2] <https://attic.apache.org/>
Hi all,
It has been six months since the above email. Although there were a
couple positive responses, it doesn't seem like those were followed
through by activity or contributions to development. Is that right?
It could be that there is not enough of the PMC remaining to onboard
new contributors, or it's possible that folks lost interest.
In any case, at Apache, we require at least three people in an
active PMC. We usually ask for a formal roll call in this situation,
as described in
https://www.apache.org/dev/pmc.html#roll-call
but this thread has already established a lack of PMC activity.
Jakob, I am going to leave this up to you. If you think the project
is ready to move to the attic, please say so and I will add the
appropriate board resolution. If not (or you are unsure), please
initiate a roll call of the PMC and send a summary to the board.
For everyone else, please understand that moving a project to
the attic doesn't mean the code disappears -- you are free to
copy it from the attic, just like here, and even create a new
project based on it within Incubator (or anywhere else if you
change the package names). It just means we aren't pretending
to have an active community maintaining that software.
Cheers,
....Roy T. Fielding, Chairman, The Apache Software Foundation
