> On Jan 21, 2026, at 1:00 PM, mibo <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Shane and all reading here, > > Sorry for my late reply, but I had some serious private issues that resulted > in slow response time and not enough time in the last half year to drive the > Olingo project (this shouldn't be an excuse, but an explanation). > Unfortunately, there were also no other PMCs left, which made my part not > easier. > >> After a long 10 years, the board will likely be voting to move Apache Olingo >> to the Attic at our meeting next month. Thanks to all those who have >> contributed to this ASF project over the years! > > Over the last six months, I also considered moving Olingo to the attic (and > mentioned it in the last board reports). > I think it is the right decision, but as it is now real, it feels a bit too > early (and I have a small tear in my eye). > > Nevertheless, I really enjoyed being part of the Olingo project, driving it > and keeping it (somehow) alive in the last years. > And BIG Kudos to everyone who contributed to the project and is still active > and interested. > > One last question, would it be possible to do a last release before the repo > is set to 'read only'? > I wanted to do the Olingo V2 release in version 3.0.0 > (https://github.com/apache/olingo-odata2/pull/58 > <https://github.com/apache/olingo-odata2/pull/58>), before the final move to > the attic. > I started working on it more than half a year ago. But first, I struggled > with the new GitHub Actions based release process, second there was no > response from any PMC member > (https://lists.apache.org/thread/496wz49qzwc2gm8fybt803jz9kfmgljb) to the > voting, and finally, I did not have enough spare time (because of the private > reasons mentioned), so I never finished it. > However, it would be nice to have it. > > Let me please know if it would be possible, and I would then spend time on it > the last weekend in January.
As an Olingo PMC member I would help with this process should the board decide to give Olingo one more month before going to the attic. Best, Dave > > Kind Regards, Michael > >> Am 11.12.2025 um 20:45 schrieb Shane Curcuru <[email protected]>: >> >> After a long 10 years, the board will likely be voting to move Apache Olingo >> to the Attic at our meeting next month. Thanks to all those who have >> contributed to this ASF project over the years! >> >> What this means in practical terms is that the Apache Olingo project will be >> turned read-only at it's existing URLs - code, websites, mail archives, >> everything. While that shutters the active community here at the ASF, all >> the resources are available for anyone who wants to fork them, and users are >> free to continue using the software or improving it themselves. >> >> https://attic.apache.org/ >> >> For perspective: the ASF requires that PMCs have at least three active PMC >> members, such that (for example) someone would notice if a vulnerability >> were reported, and that the PMC could then make a release with any needed >> fixes. This is important, because end users expect that any "Apache >> GoodStuff" project would at least provide a basic level of security or other >> major fixes if needed. >> >> Thanks especially to the PMC members who have done the extra work in past >> years to manage the project and make formal releases. >> >> -- >> - Shane >> Director >> The Apache Software Foundation >> >
