[Incubator] Vote to have retirement process become official

[Cameron Shorter]

I declare this vote passed, with support from:
Paul Spencer,
Frank Warmerdam,
Jorge Salinas
Julien-Samule Lacroix
Daniel Morissette
Steve Lime
Judit Mays

The process has been moved to the stable location at:
http://www.osgeo.org/incubator/process/project_retiring_process.html

I understand that Frank set this up. Thanks Frank.

Frank, would you mind changing the version from 0.3 to 1.0 (to reflect 
the release status).

Cameron Shorter wrote:
> Thanks Judit, I've incorporated your suggestion.
>
> You can see the latest doc + changes here:
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php?title=Project_Retiring_Process&diff=46114&oldid=32985 
>
>
> Incubation Committee. I propose that the current Retirement Process 
> become an official document.
> +1 Cameron Shorter
>
> Frank Warmerdam wrote:
>> Judit Mays wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> reading through the proposed retirement process there is one point I
>>> find difficult.
>>>
>>> "# Either the Project's Steering Committee, or OSGeo board decide that
>>> the project is no longer viable, or has moved away from OSGeo project
>>> principles."
>>>
>>> I think, this is mixing two different events/cases.
>>> * First event: a project is no longer been worked on. Then, the PSC or
>>> the OSGeo Board (if the PSC is not willing or able to act any more)
>>> should announce the project is not being continued.
>>> * Second event: a project is moving away from OSGeo project principles.
>>> In this case, OSGeo might want to act in some certain way. But as the
>>> project might not intend to abandon further work, I would not want that
>>> project to undergo the "retirement process" but rather a "quit OSGeo
>>> process" (to be defined by the board).
>>>
>>> Therefore I suggest to rephrase the above sentence to something like:
>>> "# Either the Project's Steering Committee, or OSGeo board (in absence
>>> of the former PSC) decide that the project is no longer viable."
>>>
>>> After all, this is about "guidelines for *gracefully* retiring OSGeo
>>> projects".
>>>
>>> Leave the potential project straying away from OSGeo principles for a
>>> separate discussion.
>>
>> Judit,
>>
>> I agree with this distinction.
>>
>> Best regards,
>
>


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