[ -1] Do not retire Taverna -----Original Message----- From: Stian Soiland-Reyes <st...@apache.org> Sent: 03 February 2020 07:38 PM To: dev@taverna.incubator.apache.org Subject: [VOTE] Retire Taverna from Apache Incubator?
Hi, I think we have to be honest with ourselves. While we had a good go at Taverna in the Apache Incubator, and lots of great effort over the years, we seem to have ground to a standstill. It looks now almost impossible that we will graduate from the incubator and continue to thrive as a top-level Apache project. I am as guilty as everyone - emails missed, builds not updated, releases not completed. The tasks were not large, but they still demand continued volunteer effort, which sadly we now seem to have not got anymore. I think I speak for all of you when I am grateful for all the time and effort everyone has committed since we moved to Apache Software Foundation in 2014. It is therefore with sadness that I call this vote on retiring Taverna from the Apache Incubator. I don't think there is any shame if we come to this conclusion, this project started 2003-02-24 and the world of bioinformatics and web services has changed significantly since then. For more information about what retirement means, see https://incubator.apache.org/guides/retirement.html In terms of codebase my suggestion is that we move the git repositories to http://github.com/taverna/ with a clear README indication that they are no longer maintained. I think we should invite anyone on this list to join that GitHub organization for a passive curator role, or to delegate if someone later wants to reboot the activity. See also previous discussion from 2019-09: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f9db87bf752c1b77773f2f0ac5be9afd34d29a7cff76d66728a0f713%40%3Cdev.taverna.apache.org%3E PLEASE INDICATE YOUR VOTE: [ ] +1 Retire Taverna [ ] 0 Undecided [ ] -1 Do not retire Taverna The vote is open for at least 72 hours for anyone on this list, with a lazy consensus. -- Stian Soiland-Reyes https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9842-9718 ::DISCLAIMER:: ________________________________ The contents of this e-mail and any attachment(s) are confidential and intended for the named recipient(s) only. E-mail transmission is not guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or may contain viruses in transmission. The e mail and its contents (with or without referred errors) shall therefore not attach any liability on the originator or HCL or its affiliates. Views or opinions, if any, presented in this email are solely those of the author and may not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of HCL or its affiliates. Any form of reproduction, dissemination, copying, disclosure, modification, distribution and / or publication of this message without the prior written consent of authorized representative of HCL is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error please delete it and notify the sender immediately. Before opening any email and/or attachments, please check them for viruses and other defects. ________________________________
