Hi all, I want to start a discussion in the community to consider retiring Metron to the Apache Attic and dissolve the project management committee. For anyone unaware, an overview is available at Apache Attic <https://attic.apache.org/>. In short, it's a way to provide a wind-down process for projects reaching their end of life. This process, and potential next steps, can be found here: http://attic.apache.org/process.html.
We've seen a substantial decrease in contributions (both code and mailing lists) over the past year or so (see: https://github.com/apache/metron/commits/master). There's been some interest in the project, but in my personal opinion, not enough to build or sustain real momentum. Additionally, there's been an inability to close the loop on paring down the project's scope and building a solid foundation for future work (see: Development Activity has dropped to effectively 0, what should we do? <https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf7ea1c1afb347e352efff50f58fbd58779f71e6c814d2a5563e381d7%40%3Cdev.metron.apache.org%3E>). Finally, the last release was over a year ago and I don't see a release naturally building anytime soon. We haven't seen much active development or participation for a substantial period of time, which to me implies we've reached a natural end of life. The most obvious practical effects would be no new releases, setting source read-only, mailing lists closed down, automated processes ended, etc. In addition, the PMC would also be dissolved as part of this process. Community members may still fork all or part of Metron, but should keep in mind that the Metron trademark remains with the ASF. What opinions are there either in favor of or against moving the project to the Attic? Any questions about the process (or comments/corrections anyone would like to add)? Thanks, Justin
