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<author email="general.AT.attic.apache.DOT.org">The Apache Software Foundation</author>
<title>The Apache Attic</title>
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<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 to be:
</p>
<p style="font-family: monospace">
"responsible for the oversight of projects which otherwise would not have
oversight; and be it further ... is not authorized to actively develop and release the
projects under its oversight"
</p>
<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>Whimsy provides a tool to add a suitable resolution to the next board agenda:</p>
<ul>
<li>Go to https://whimsy.apache.org/board/agenda/</li>
<li>Select the 'add item' button at the bottom</li>
<li>Select the 'Terminate Project' button from the list</li>
<li>Enter the project details</li>
</ul>
<p>Alternatively, the following may be useful: <a href="resolution.html">Template Board Resolution</a>. </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 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 PMC</title>
<p>The Attic is managed by a Project Management Committee (PMC). Discussions are found on
the <a href="https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/attic-general/">general@ mailing list</a>
and you are welcome to subscribe. </p>
</section>
<section id="incubator">
<title>Retired Incubator Projects</title>
<p>The Apache Incubator project 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 'graduate' out of the Incubator; some are retired instead.
Those retired projects may be found on the Incubator's
<a href="https://incubator.apache.org/projects/index.html#retired">Project page</a>. </p>
</section>
</body>
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