I also agree with a move to the attic. +1 to Otto's comment about forking the kafka plugin.
-- Jon Zeolla @jonzeolla PittSec | BsidesPGH | SteelCityInfoSec On Mon, Nov 9, 2020 at 1:30 PM Otto Fowler <ottobackwa...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am in support of this as well, > > We have substantial work to do to get metron off of the HDP version it is > on, which I think is the minimal work to keep it viable. We do not however > have the people to finish the work that was started. > > Jon Zeolla and myself will be forking the metron-bro-kafka-plugin out, as > it _has_ continued to be active. > > > > From: Casey Stella <ceste...@apache.org> <ceste...@apache.org> > Reply: dev@metron.apache.org <dev@metron.apache.org> < > dev@metron.apache.org> > Date: November 9, 2020 at 10:48:22 > To: dev@metron.apache.org <dev@metron.apache.org> <dev@metron.apache.org> > Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Retire Metron to the Attic > > 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 > > >
