Hi all, I'm in complete support of this. Given the current level of interest, I believe that we should move this project to the attic.
Best, Casey Stella On Mon, Nov 2, 2020 at 7:28 PM Justin Leet <justinjl...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I want to start a discussion in the community to consider retiring Metron > to the Apache Attic and dissolve the project management committee. For > anyone unaware, an overview is available at Apache Attic > <https://attic.apache.org/>. In short, it's a way to provide a wind-down > process for projects reaching their end of life. This process, and > potential next steps, can be found here: > http://attic.apache.org/process.html. > > We've seen a substantial decrease in contributions (both code and mailing > lists) over the past year or so (see: > https://github.com/apache/metron/commits/master). There's been some > interest in the project, but in my personal opinion, not enough to build or > sustain real momentum. Additionally, there's been an inability to close the > loop on paring down the project's scope and building a solid foundation for > future work (see: Development Activity has dropped to effectively 0, what > should we do? > < > https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf7ea1c1afb347e352efff50f58fbd58779f71e6c814d2a5563e381d7%40%3Cdev.metron.apache.org%3E > >). > Finally, the last release was over a year ago and I don't see a release > naturally building anytime soon. We haven't seen much active development or > participation for a substantial period of time, which to me implies we've > reached a natural end of life. > > The most obvious practical effects would be no new releases, setting source > read-only, mailing lists closed down, automated processes ended, etc. In > addition, the PMC would also be dissolved as part of this process. > Community members may still fork all or part of Metron, but should keep in > mind that the Metron trademark remains with the ASF. > > What opinions are there either in favor of or against moving the project to > the Attic? Any questions about the process (or comments/corrections anyone > would like to add)? > > Thanks, > Justin >
