There is not much user or developer activity to justify making Xindice a top-level project. Unless there are Xindice users that are interested in the future of the project I would vote for the Attic.
Regards, Natalia On Aug 10, 2011, at 2:26 PM, Gianugo Rabellino wrote: > Anyone? In a couple of days, unless I hear otherwise, I will propose a > resolution to the XML PMC to move XIndice to the Attic, so speak now > or forever hold your peace. :) > > -- > Gianugo Rabellino - gianugo at rabellino dot it > Blog: http://boldlyopen.com > > > > > On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 3:14 PM, Gianugo Rabellino <gian...@apache.org> wrote: >> All, >> >> this is an important message for the XIndice community: as some of you >> may have noticed, the Apache XML project has been in a "winding down" >> mode for a while, with most projects either moving to top level >> (xerces.apache.org, xalan.apache.org) or to the Attic (AxKit, >> Crimson). XIndice is now the only project left, and it's time to >> discuss about the project's future. There are two ways forward: the >> top level project route (creating xindice.apache.org with its own PMC) >> or, if the project isn't active enough to create a PMC, the Attic (see >> http://attic.apache.org). >> >> The XML project has no opinion on either, but know that if the XIndice >> community doesn't step up to own the project, the only choice left >> will be the Attic. Which, by the way, means hibernation not death: the >> software remains available both in binaries and source code (although >> in strict read-only mode), forks remain possible and projects can exit >> the Attic at any time, although to do that they need to prove they >> have a viable community standing behind them. >> >> This is a message to get the discussion going: if you want to keep >> XIndice as a full-fledged Apache project, this is your turn to step >> up! If you feel you want to help, participate, contribute and use >> XIndice, we would be glad to hear from you and, as the XML PMC, more >> than willing to hand XIndice over to a newly formed TLP. Personally, >> I'm happy to help with either transitions, be it to a TLP or to the >> Attic. Given that the project has been inactive in the past, I'm >> planning to wait for a week to see if a discussion gets going: if >> that's not the case, my plan is to start a vote in the XML PMC to >> retire XIndice to the Attic. >> >> Looking forward to your suggestions, >> >> -- >> Gianugo Rabellino - gianugo at rabellino dot it >> Blog: http://boldlyopen.com >>
