Re: [DISCUSS] Move geode to the attic

2022-10-18 Thread John Blum
For clarification, I believe Sonatype does not allow anything to be removed from Maven Central once it has been published. The bits are there to stay, permanently, and there are no exceptions AFAIK. -j From: Mark Bretl Date: Tuesday, October 18, 2022 at 1:14 PM To: John Blum Cc:

Re: [DISCUSS] Move geode to the attic

2022-10-18 Thread Mark Bretl
Unfortunately, I do think the attic is a very real possibility. @John Blum Officially, I do not think we (Geode) or ASF have any type of release support policy (I searched but could not find anything), it is open-source for better or worse. VMware or any other company can pick up support if they

Re: [DISCUSS] Move geode to the attic

2022-10-18 Thread John Blum
How does the VMware’s non-disclosed date commitment factor into this equation? I mean, clearly the Apache Geode 1.15 release has a lifecycle and support timeline, even if the community (and a new PMC) does drive the project any further? What happens when CVEs, or critical bugs (involving data

Re: [DISCUSS] Move geode to the attic

2022-10-18 Thread Owen Nichols
Once moved to the attic, it sounds like: * The geode github repo would become read-only (but remain world-readable in perpetuity). * Geode would no longer be available for download on the geode download site or mirrors (but still available in releases tab in github). * Geode maven

[DISCUSS] Move geode to the attic

2022-10-18 Thread Dan Smith
Hi folks, Unfortunately, it is time to consider moving Geode to the Apache attic. After VMware's announcement that it will stop contributing to Geode, we've tried in the last couple months to recruit additional contributors to continue supporting the project [1]. However, this last week there