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| <author email="general.AT.attic.apache.DOT.org">The Apache Software Foundation</author> |
| <title>The Apache Attic</title> |
| </properties> |
| <body> |
| |
| <section id="attic"> |
| <title>The Apache Attic</title> |
| |
| <p> |
| The Apache Attic was created in |
| <a href="https://www.apache.org/foundation/records/minutes/2008/board_minutes_2008_11_19.txt">November 2008</a> |
| to provide process and solutions to make it clear when an Apache project has reached its |
| end of life. Specifically: |
| </p> |
| <blockquote style="font-family: monospace"> |
| the Apache Attic Project [...] is responsible for the oversight of projects which otherwise would not have oversight; <br /> |
| the Apache Attic Project [...] is not authorized to actively develop and release the projects under its oversight |
| </blockquote> |
| |
| <p>It is intended to: </p> |
| <ul> |
| <li>Be non-impacting to users</li> |
| <li>Provide restricted oversight for these codebases</li> |
| <li>Provide oversight for active user lists with no Project Management Committee (PMC)</li> |
| </ul> |
| |
| <p>It is not intended to: </p> |
| <ul> |
| <li>Rebuild community</li> |
| <li>Make bugfixes</li> |
| <li>Make releases</li> |
| </ul> |
| </section> |
| |
| <section id="incoming"> |
| <title>Getting into the Attic</title> |
| |
| <p>There are two expected mechanisms by which a project may enter the Attic. Either the managing |
| Project Management Committee (PMC) decides it would like to move the project, or The |
| Apache Software Foundation's board dissolves the PMC and chooses to move the project. </p> |
| |
| <p>First step is to add a suitable resolution to the next board agenda: see the <a href="resolution.html">Template Board Resolution</a>.</p> |
| |
| <p>Once the submitted resolution has been approved during a board meeting, the Attic project starts executing the move.</p> |
| </section> |
| |
| <section id="candidates"> |
| <title>When should a project move to the Attic?</title> |
| |
| <p>Projects whose PMC are unable to muster 3 votes for a release, who have no active committers or |
| are unable to fulfill their reporting duties to the board are all good candidates for the Attic. </p> |
| </section> |
| |
| <section id="process"> |
| <title>Process of moving into the Attic</title> |
| |
| <p>This is defined in greater details in the separate <a href="process.html">process</a> document. </p> |
| |
| </section> |
| |
| <section id="departure"> |
| <title>Process of leaving the Attic again</title> |
| |
| <p>Options are: </p> |
| <ul> |
| <li>Forking the project outside the Apache Software Foundation - we'll link to any forks which have been |
| created so please let us know</li> |
| <li>Restarting the project at the Apache Software Foundation, with multiple ways to do so: |
| <ul> |
| <li>Restarting the community in the Apache Incubator</li> |
| <li>Recreating a PMC for the project</li> |
| <li>Transfering to an existing PMC</li> |
| </ul> |
| </li> |
| </ul> |
| |
| <p> |
| A receiving PMC must be willing to assume all responsibilities that come |
| with running a project: maintain code, answer questions, fix bugs, |
| publish releases etc. |
| <br/> |
| If the Board does not object, PMC Attic will transfer the project's |
| assets (code-base, TLP website, maven group-id etc) to the receiving PMC. |
| <br/> |
| After the transfer the receiving PMC will report to the Board about the |
| project's activities, and publish project releases in the PMC's dist area. |
| </p> |
| |
| </section> |
| |
| <section id="contact"> |
| <title>Contacting the Attic Project</title> |
| |
| <p>The Attic is a project as any other:</p> |
| <ul> |
| <li>It is managed by a <a href="https://projects.apache.org/committee.html?attic">Project Management Committee (PMC)</a>.</li> |
| <li>Public discussions happen on a mailing list: |
| see <a href="https://lists.apache.org/list.html?general@attic.apache.org">general@attic.apache.org</a> archive. |
| You are welcome to subscribe and engage discussion. </li> |
| </ul> |
| </section> |
| |
| <section id="incubator"> |
| <title>Retired Incubator Projects</title> |
| |
| <p>The <a href="https://incubator.apache.org/">Apache Incubator project</a> is the entry path into The Apache Software Foundation for projects |
| and codebases wishing to become part of the Foundation's efforts. |
| Not all projects <a href="https://incubator.apache.org/cookbook/#graduation_vote">'graduate'</a> out of the Incubator; some are retired instead. |
| Those retired projects remain under Incubator oversight: the list may be found on the Incubator's |
| <a href="https://incubator.apache.org/projects/index.html#retired">Projects page</a>. </p> |
| |
| </section> |
| |
| </body> |
| </document> |