The ASF was asked to comment on the move of the project to the Attic.
The below is what was sent.
Begin forwarded message:
> From: Jim Jagielski
> Subject: Re: [Contact] Media question
> To: Serdar Yegulalp
>
> No worries. Here it is again.
>
> One of the core goals of Apache projects is to create a healthy and
> viable community around a project; This implies a community dedicated
> to the continued growth of the code and a project which values and
> abides by the tenets of "the Apache Way." When a project's activity
> level decrease so much that commits to the project become almost
> non-existant, or it is hard to muster the required 3 +1 votes for
> patch acceptance and releases, it becomes obvious that the project
> had reached its end-of-life.
>
> The Apache C++ Standard Library was given numerous opportunities
> to "reboot" itself and re-energize the community, but the sad fact
> is that it was never able to accomplish it. We understand the ire
> of Christian Bergström, but it indicates his unfamiliarity with
> Apache and Apache projects and how they are run and managed, as
> well as his confusion over what the Chair of an Apache project
> actually does. If there was still potential in the project,
> then that would have been clearly seen over the last several
> months, but as the mailing list and code repo logs show, there
> was no activity of merit at all for a long, long time, and
> Mr Bergström certainly had plenty of opportunity to provide
> some evidence of that potential; even some code commits from
> him and others would have been a factor.
>
> And so, after some discussion at the Apache board level, the following
> was sent to the project:
>
>At this month's board meeting, a resolution was passed to move Apache C++
> Standard Library to the Attic, due to inactivity.
>
>The Attic home page [1] contains some details about its purpose - it is
> the destination for Apache projects that can no longer provide oversight or
> muster votes for a release. It isn't a reflection on the contributors or the
> codebase, and is intended to be non-impacting to users.
>
>Please let us know if you have any questions or comments, or if you are
> available to work with the Attic to help with the transition of resources.
>
>
> On Aug 6, 2013, at 9:22 AM, Serdar Yegulalp wrote:
>
>> I don't believe I did, my apologies if it got lost in the shuffle.
>>
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: Jim Jagielski [mailto:j...@apache.org]
>>> Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2013 8:03 AM
>>> To: Serdar Yegulalp
>>> Subject: Re: [Contact] Media question
>>>
>>> Ddi you get my response?
>>>
>>> On Aug 5, 2013, at 6:09 PM, Serdar Yegulalp wrote:
>>>
Hi there - I just wanted to check back in and see if there was any
>> progress
on this. I'll need to have an answer by sometime tomorrow. (I can also
>> have
an answer in the coming week, but I'd prefer to have it sooner rather
>> than
later.)
> -Original Message-
> From: Serdar Yegulalp [mailto:ser...@genjipress.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2013 10:11 AM
> To: 'Jim Jagielski'
> Subject: RE: [Contact] Media question
>
> Sure thing.
>
> Earlier in July, a resolution was passed to move the Apache C++
>> Standard
> Library project to the Attic, as per discussion on the official mailing
list
>
(http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/stdcxx-
>>> dev/201307.mbox/%3C0F1B5FEB
-
> 9312-44CA-96CF-B586B8CE6BA4%40apache.org%3E). This raised some ire on
>> the
> part of Christian Bergström, who had offered to take over as chair of
>> the
> project and claimed he still saw potential in it. I was interested in
getting
> some official word from the Apache side as to the reasons behind these
> decisions.
>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Jim Jagielski [mailto:j...@apache.org]
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2013 9:55 AM
>> To: Serdar Yegulalp
>> Subject: Re: [Contact] Media question
>>
>> Hello Serdar,
>>
>> How would you like to proceed? An Email exchange is likely the easiest
>> way...
>>
>> Cheers!
>>
>> On Jul 30, 2013, at 4:27 PM, Sally Khudairi
> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello, Serdar --following up on your request, it's my pleasure to
>>> introduce
>> you to Jim Jagielski, Vice President of the Apache C++ Standard
>> Library Project.
>>>
>>> I'm copying Jim here so you can connect directly regarding next
>> steps.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance, Jim, for helping Serdar!
>>>
>>> Kind regards,
>>> Sally
>>>
>>> [From the mobile; kindly excuse spelling/spacing/auto-correct
>>> anomalies]
>>>
>>>
>>> - Reply message -
>>> From: "Serdar Yegulalp"
>>> To: "'Sally Khudairi'" ,
>>> Subject: [Contact] Media question
>>> Date: Tue, Jul 30, 2013 12:50 PM
>>>
>>>
>>> I'd lik