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Posted to general@attic.apache.org by Henri Yandell <ba...@apache.org> on 2009/08/02 07:19:40 UTC

Re: Fwd: [IMPORTANT] Apache AxKit to be retired

Means I use bad english. Also means I forgot to cc private@xml and
general@attic the first time and resent it.

Hopefully you mean that and not the bit about the banner below.

On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 11:48 AM, Matt Sergeant<ma...@sergeant.org> wrote:
> I don't understand what that means.
>
> On Thu, 30 Jul 2009, Henri Yandell wrote:
>
>> And with all the senders :)
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Henri Yandell <ba...@apache.org>
>> Date: Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 12:04 PM
>> Subject: Re: [IMPORTANT] Apache AxKit to be retired
>> To: general@attic.apache.org
>>
>>
>> As part of going into the attic a banner gets stuck at the top of the
>> page. Check out hivemind.apache.org. Basically a search and replace
>> insert after the body tag.
>>
>> Ideally the same would be done there. I'm assuming axkit.org isn't on
>> people.apache.org :)
>>
>> Hen
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 1:09 PM, Matt Sergeant<ma...@sergeant.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> Sorry for lack of replies lately - as you can see the project has
>>> languished
>>> completely and the attic seems reasonable.
>>>
>>> I don't have any particular reason to object.
>>>
>>> What needs to happen to the site at axkit.org? Is a notice that the
>>> project
>>> is no longer active enough?
>>>
>>> On Tue, 28 Jul 2009, Gianugo Rabellino wrote:
>>>
>>>> (general@ and private@, apologies for double posting this - I mistyped
>>>> the axkit-dev address in my original message)
>>>>
>>>> Dear AxKit community,
>>>>
>>>> this is a message from the XML Project Management Committee, who is
>>>> responsible for the oversight of the Apache AxKit project, and it
>>>> requires your full attention.
>>>>
>>>> The PMC noticed a general slowdown of activities in the project and,
>>>> more importantly, your PMC representative (Matt Sergeant) has failed
>>>> to report about the project status in the last few quarterly reports.
>>>> According to the Apache Software Foundation rules, this is a serious
>>>> problem, and the PMC is about to run a formal vote to retire the AxKit
>>>> project by having it formally enter the Attic. The main consequence of
>>>> retiring the project is that no further development activity and/or
>>>> releases will be permitted, and the project will enter a "dormant"
>>>> state. The process is, to some extent, reversible, but if you believe
>>>> there is a good reason to keep the project alive, this is a great time
>>>> to let us know. More information the attic process and what it entails
>>>> is available at http://attic.apache.org.
>>>>
>>>> Please consider this as a last call. If you are willing to interrupt
>>>> the Attic process, please speak up now. In case we don't hear from you
>>>> in 72 hours, we will start a formal vote on the PMC list and we will
>>>> get the ball rolling.
>>>>
>>>> Many thanks,
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Gianugo Rabellino
>>>> Sourcesense, making sense of Open Source: http://www.sourcesense.com
>>>> (blogging at http://www.rabellino.it/blog/)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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