I guess it's obvious that the core community has moved out. The question is: is there enough support for keeping the project running or we should move it to the Attic?
On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 2:53 AM Alain Bouju <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > >
