The Apache Attic - Apache Attic The Apache Attic The Apache Attic was created in November 2008 to provide process and solutions to make it clear when an Apache project has reached its end of life. Specifically: the Apache Attic Project [...] is responsible for the oversight of projects which otherwise would not have oversight; the Apache Attic Project [...] is not authorized to actively develop and release the projects under its oversight It is intended to: Be non-impacting to users Provide restricted oversight for these codebases Provide oversight for active user lists with no Project Management Committee (PMC) It is not intended to: Rebuild community Make bugfixes Make releases Getting into the Attic 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. First step is to add a suitable resolution to the next board agenda: see the Template Board Resolution. Once the submitted resolution has been approved during a board meeting, the Attic project starts executing the move. When should a project move to the Attic? 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. Process of moving into the Attic This is defined in greater details in the separate process document. Process of leaving the Attic again Options are: Forking the project outside the Apache Software Foundation - we'll link to any forks which have been created so please let us know Restarting the project at the Apache Software Foundation, with multiple ways to do so: Restarting the community in the Apache Incubator Recreating a PMC for the project Transfering to an existing PMC 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. 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. 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. Contacting the Attic Project The Attic is a project as any other: It is managed by a Project Management Committee (PMC). Public discussions happen on a mailing list: see [email protected] archive. You are welcome to subscribe and engage discussion. Retired Incubator Projects 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 remain under Incubator oversight: the list may be found on the Incubator's Projects page. The Apache Attic Home The team Process Process tracking Board Minutes License Security Privacy Policy Related Apache Links Foundation Donate Thanks Incubator ApacheCon Events Projects in the Attic Abdera ACE Any23 Apex Archiva Aurora Avalon AxKit Axis Sandesha2/C Axis Savan/C Axis Savan/Java Bahir Beehive Bloodhound Buildr Chemistry Chukwa Clerezza Click Open Climate Workbench Cocoon Crimson Continuum Crunch Deltacloud DeviceMap DirectMemory DRAT Eagle ESME Etch Excalibur Falcon Forrest Giraph Gora Hama Harmony HAWQ HiveMind iBATIS Jakarta Jakarta Cactus Jakarta ECS Jakarta ORO Jakarta Regexp Jakarta Slide Jakarta Taglibs Joshua jUDDI Labs Lens Lenya Lucy Marmotta MetaModel Metron Mnemonic MRUnit MXNet ODE ObJectRelationalBridge (OJB) Oltu (previously Amber) Onami OODT Oozie Pivot Polygene PredictionIO Quetzalcoatl Rave REEF River Sentry Shale Shindig Sqoop Standard C++ Library (STDCXX) Stanbol Stratos Streams Submarine Tajo Tiles Trafodion Tuscany Twill Usergrid VXQuery Whirr Wink Wookie WS Muse Xang Xindice XMLBeans ; revived June 2018 XML Copyright 2009-2025 The Apache Software Foundation, Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Apache and the Apache feather logo are trademarks of The Apache Software Foundation.