Thank you Danny, for your continued stewardship and the kind words, with which I fully resonate.
Onwards. On Mon, Aug 3, 2020, 5:33 AM Danny Angus <da...@apache.org> wrote: > Hi All, > > Following an extended period of low activity, including two attempts to > drum up interest amongst committers for starting labs, the board asked > whether Labs PMC believe that Labs has any further role to play. Labs was > initially proposed as a way to counter the pattern of existing committers > going to SourceForge to kick off experimental projects when ASF resources > could be made available for that purpose. That pattern has not existed for > a number of years, and additionally both the ASFs adoption of Github, and > the relaxation of the board's stance on "sub-projects" have rendered Labs' > original purpose obsolete. > > Given that background a recent vote on the PMC list has indicated that a > majority of active PMC members support retiring the project, and a motion > will be prepared for the August ASF Board Meeting. > > I would like to take a moment to thank everyone who has participated in > Labs over the years, a list that makes impressive reading, and I would > encourage you to see this as a positive move. The fact is that today, > compared with whenever it was that we started this*, it is not only > possible for individuals to host open source projects in ways that are > consistent with the Apache Way, but it is easy, and popular. Everyone from > students to huge corporations know what Open Source is and are spinning up > projects of all sizes and flavours, many of which find their way to the > foundation. This change has not happened by accident, it is the results of > many years of evangelism, determination, and litigation by many people > including many of the subscribers to this list. > > The fact that Labs is no longer required is a small, but significant, > signal that Apache does indeed change the world. Be proud, and Thank You! > > Danny > > * Labs was officially created 2006-11-15 (14 years ago) >
