Hi Dave,

On Retirement, I have one question: does PonyMail have no more efforts
needed, even regular maintenance?

BTW, we have some repo that are part of our infrastructure, they don't
do ASF "release" IIUC but also not "retire" or archive.

Best,
tison.

Dave Fisher <w...@apache.org> 于2025年3月20日周四 23:20写道:
>
> Let’s focus on the original question.
>
> > On Mar 20, 2025, at 12:35 AM, Justin Mclean <jus...@classsoftware.com> 
> > wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > The Pony Mail project has been incubating since 2016 and lately has failed 
> > to submit its reports. The PPMC is struggling to attract people and only 
> > has two or three active people on it. We have discussed this project before 
> > but haven't concluded what to do with it. It is a mature project that not 
> > many people are interested in, but we use a version of it at 
> > https://lists.apache.org/ (although I believe it is not exactly the same).
> >
> > Some options:
> > - We vote to retire the project - note that, unlike TLPs, podlings do not 
> > go to the attic, but it could continue to live on GitHub.
> > - We vote to graduate the project and make it the board’s issue
>
> If the project becomes a TLP, will it be one of those like Whimsical that 
> never release software? Is it needed?
>
> I lean towards Retirement, but if the several ASF Members involved want to 
> continue then I would vote for graduation.
>
> Best,
> Dave
>
>
> >
> > But I’m open to any other suggestions.
> >
> > The project has asked for other PPMC members, but even if it got them, it’s 
> > unclear how teh project would graduate.
> >
> > We would, of course, bring this up with the project’s PMC before taking any 
> > action.
> >
> > Kind Regards,
> > Justin
>
>
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