[ANNOUNCE] Axis Top Level Project!

[Glen Daniels <gl...@thoughtcraft.com>]

Hi all:

Just wanted to officially (and a bit belatedly) announce that as of the
December board meeting, we've agreed to create a new Top Level Project for
Axis1, Axis2, all the modules (i.e. Rampart, Sandesha, Kandua, Savan), and
the commons transports.  In other words, everything that has to do with Axis
will now live under "axis.apache.org" instead of "ws.apache.org".

I'll follow up with a more detailed note in a day or two, including a FAQ and
descriptions of the logistics.  We're going to do our best to make sure that
the community is disrupted as little as possible during the transition, and
you'll get warning before we do the actual moves of things like SVN and the
mailing lists.

I'm going to temporarily be the chair for both projects.  The rest of the
subprojects under Web Services are going to be reviewed over the next few
months and we'll decide their dispositions - the plan is basically to promote
the active ones to TLPs, and retire the inactive ones to the Attic.  It's
possible that the WS project itself may remain to house a few subprojects
into the future, or that it will disappear after everything has been moved.
Stay tuned.  In the meanwhile, business as usual for all the non-Axis projects.

This is a great step forward towards focusing the development effort and
community around Axis, and thanks to everyone who helped to discuss and vote
upon this resolution over the past year or so.

Regards,
--Glen