Hi Scott, I think on the ASF side we would just add a note to the README in the repo saying the project is no longer maintained and a updated version is available at Shibboleth, and to update the website as well. I don't think we need to do anything regarding "migrating" as such, from our PoV the project would be inactive at ASF and people would have to go elsewhere for support.
I would just need to check with ASF if there are any legalities involved with not changing the package names or copyright etc. Colm. On Fri, Mar 1, 2024 at 5:19 PM Cantor, Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > > So, I've given this another week and considered the limited feedback, and at > this point I think I'm prepared to propose to the PMC that we treat this as > the code migrating from Apache Santuario to the Shibboleth Project as an > official hand off of responsibility. > > That comes with the understanding that decisions about the code's future are > no longer subject to Apache project discussion and process, but by that > project, driven by its needs. > > The code would remain Apache-licensed, as all Shibboleth code is, and be > publically available in a publically accessible Git repository (not GitHub, > that's not legally feasible right now), have an open bug reporting process, > etc. > > But in terms of what would happen in the future, that would be dictated by > the needs of the Shibboleth Project alone, and anything beyond cursory help > would be limited to members of our Consortium, which pays for the support we > provide to members. > > My intention would be to handle it as a handoff to avoid having to rename the > library artifacts, change the version, etc. at least until such time as a new > version were needed, and that would pick up from where it stands today. > > I appreciate this won't make everybody happy, but being blunt (the only way I > know how to be), show up and you can take over if you like and I will back > off. Otherwise this is no longer a matter of much debate for me. > > I will ask the PMC to consider this in private in case they want to discuss > any of what I'm suggesting before making a decision, and I'll abide by that > decision. > > -- Scott > >
