no news from Olingo since we paused Attic workflow

we just had a useful ping from INFRA Jira ticket
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA-27574

If no news in the next 72h, we'll "un-pause": we tried to adapt as much as 
possible, but we can't stay in this state

Best Regards,

Hervé, from the Attic

Le lundi 2 février 2026, 11:49:22 CET Niall Pemberton a écrit :
> On Fri, 23 Jan 2026 at 08:16, Hervé Boutemy <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Attic work on marking everything in the Attic has been done, but
> > infrastructure has not been cleaned up yet
> > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA-27574
> > 
> > as you can see, I asked for not cleaning up your infra for now: if you
> > think
> > you can do a normal vote for a normal release (even if the PMC is
> > officially
> > disbanded, but Shane does not see an objection that the binding votes from
> > the
> > PMC are still binding), you can do a normal final release
> 
> The Olingo PMC no longer exists - it was terminated by the Board on 17th
> December:
>     https://whimsy.apache.org/board/minutes/Olingo.html#2025-12-17
> 
> Since an official ASF release is an “act of the PMC”, it’s therefore not
> possible for the Olingo PMC to do a release. I guess theoretically the
> Attic PMC could approve a release, but I doubt we want to go down that road.
> 
> 
> Please tell us if you want to do an official release or not, so Attic can
> 
> > update
> > our ask to infra on cleaning up the project assets (switch everything R/O,
> > delete CI, ...)
> 
> As Hervé has said, the resources have not yet been shutdown by Infra, so
> you still have write access to the source repository. So you are still able
> to make changes that you wanted to do for a release and tag/label it. If
> you get that done, then there we could discuss whether the Attic is
> prepared to release or you host an external release somewhere and we
> reference it from either the Attic or Olingo website.
> 
> If you’re wanting to proceed with working on Olingo, then I think you need
> to do this soon. If we don’t see any activity on this, then I think we need
> to finish the Attic process
> 
> Niall
> 
> if you decide NOT to do an official release, because it's too late
> 
> > Attic can point project retirement data to "related project".
> > Like for example:
> > https://attic.apache.org/projects/cocoon.html
> > 
> > 
> > Just tell us your choices, and Attic can adapt :)
> > 
> > Best Regards,
> > 
> > Hervé, from the Attic team
> > 
> > Le jeudi 22 janvier 2026, 19:37:38 CET Shane Curcuru a écrit :
> > > (Note mixed private/public lists)
> > > 
> > > Dear Attic: Olingo might have enough people to finalize their last
> > > release now - which is sadly after the board officially relegated Olingo
> > > to the Attic in the December meeting.
> > > 
> > > If mibo and others can indeed roll a final release, do we have any way
> > > to either put that on the attic site, or point to some external release
> > > made by past community members?
> > > 
> > > This is one of those unfortunate timing issues.
> > > 
> > > mibo wrote on 1/21/26 16:00:
> > > > 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.
> > > 
> > > Please don't worry; you don't need an excuse.  The ASF understands that
> > > we are all volunteers here, and our real lives come first.  This exact
> > > kind of private issue (in my case, several health complications) has
> > > been making me absent the past month myself, so I very much understand.
> > > 
> > > >> 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.
> > > 
> > > Indeed - sometimes we don't spend enough time in the Attic process
> > > celebrating the community that's built such a great product.  Even if
> > > there isn't an active and growing tool to work on, all ASF tools have,
> > > and continue to be, useful to all sorts of people around the world.
> > > Celebrate the long life of your project!
> > > 
> > > > One last question, would it be possible to do a last release before
> > > > the
> > > > repo is set to 'read only'?
> > > 
> > > ...snip...
> > > 
> > > I've included the Attic discussion list above, who are now formally
> > > responsible for the Olingo project's assets here at the ASF.  They have
> > > already started the process of Attic'ing, as seen here:
> > > 
> > > https://lists.apache.org/thread/4wmgoohthb8ohj8wx2068w4rkd14r221
> > > 
> > > Note that even if Apache Olingo truly is read-only, my bet is that if
> > > you can produce your own not-technically-ASF release elsewhere, we can
> > > find a way to point future users at it.  (I hope!).
> > > 
> > > Thanks all,




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