Hi, On Fri, Jul 20, 2018 at 6:40 AM Henk P. Penning <penn...@uu.nl> wrote: > ... This name change is exactly what POI wanted to avoid ; > XMLbeans users want (maven-name-space) continuity ; not change. > The fact that XMLbeans is "under new management" should not be > visible to users ; project management stuff is an ASF-internal > thing...
Ok, I think this is where we see things from a different angle. I agree with you from the user's perspective, a seamless change is useful. >From the Foundation's governance point of view however, by default a project found at foo.apache.org is governed by the foo PMC. If that's not the case, like here, I think there should be a clear note like "XMLBeans is managed by the Apache POI PMC" on all pages of http://xmlbeans.apache.org/ . A small thing in the site's footer is good enough IMO. The Board has to manage about 180 PMC and 300 projects if i remember correctly, so it's important to have clarity there. It's a small thing that can be added to the Attic's documentation on how to revive codebases. As for having a Board decision when reviving a project, that probably makes sense for symmetry with the Board resolution that moved the project to the Attic. But I don't think the Board necessarily needs to be involved in the discussions that lead to that resolution, I think the Attic PMC can simply add a resolution to the Board agenda as needed, and the Board just ratifies it. HTH, -Bertrand
