+1 > On Aug 4, 2020, at 6:55 AM, Stefano Mazzocchi <stefano.mazzoc...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > 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) >>
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