[+1] Grateful for being along for the ride On Mon, Feb 3, 2020, 7:27 AM Sube Singh <sube...@hcl.com> wrote:
> [ -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 they are no longer maintained.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. > ________________________________ >
