Templates for Portals Retirement
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ATTIC Jira Template
Use the markup below to create an ATTIC Jira issue for the project's move to the Attic:
# Confirm [Board Resolution|https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/infrastructure/site/trunk/content/foundation/records/minutes/2025/board_minutes_2025_09_24.txt] (!)
# Create the project YAML data file in the [_data/projects|https://github.com/apache/attic/tree/main/_data/projects] directory in the Attic site. (!) [portals.yaml|https://github.com/apache/attic/tree/main/_data/projects/portals.yaml]
# Ensure the: [attic.apache.org/projects/portals|https://attic.apache.org/projects/portals.html] page has been generated (!)
# Inform [Users|https://lists.apache.org/thread/xxxxxxxxxx] of the move to the Attic (!)
# Ensure [original project site|http://portals.apache.org/] pages carry the Attic banner (!)
# Ensure the Wiki pages (see links on the [portals|https://attic.apache.org/projects/portals.html] page) carry the Attic banner (!)
# Update the project DOAP file (if any) or copy to [projects-override|https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/comdev/projects.apache.org/trunk/data/projects-override/] (!)
# Update Social Media (if any) (!)
# Get infra lock down project's resources (!)
# Announce on [announce at apache.org|http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/] (!)
See [https://attic.apache.org/process-howto.html] for detailed instructions
User Email Template
Let the users know that the PMC is moving into the Attic. Use the following text:
A heads up for the Portals user community that the Portals PMC has
been 'moved to the Attic'. This means that the Portals developers (more
formally its Project Management Committee) have voted to retire Portals
and move the responsibility for its oversight over to the Attic project.
Loosely speaking this means that the projects resources will be moved to a
read-only state.
You can read more about the Apache Attic and the process of moving to the
Attic at https://attic.apache.org.
You can follow this process in JIRA:
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ATTIC-247
Thanks,
${NAME}
on behalf of Portals project and the Apache Attic.
INFRA Jira Template
Use the text below to create an INFRA Jira issue for the project's move to the Attic:
The Portals project has retired.
The following resources were detected for archive/removal please:
Remove the distribution SVN developer directory:
- https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/portals
Remove the distribution SVN release directory contents:
- https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/portals
and set up redirection to https://attic.apache.org/projects/portals.html
Mailing lists https://lists.apache.org/list.html?portals.apache.org:
- commits@portals.apache.org
- general@portals.apache.org
- pluto-dev@portals.apache.org
- pluto-scm@portals.apache.org
- pluto-user@portals.apache.org
- private@portals.apache.org
Make the following JIRA project(s) read-only and flag as retired:
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/projects/APA/
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/projects/PB/
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/projects/PLUTO/
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/projects/PORTALS/
Make the following source repositories read-only:
Git: http://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/portals-pluto.git
Please do NOT rename the repos.
Make CWIKI readonly:
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/PORTALS/
Remove the LDAP project group: dn: cn=portals,ou=project,ou=groups,dc=apache,dc=org
Turn off any automated builds
Announcement Email Template
Consider the following template when announcing that the project is now retired:
Announcing that the Apache Portals committers have voted to retire
the project due to inactivity. Portals was Portal technology..
Retiring a project is not as simple as turning everything off, as
existing users need to both know that the project is retiring and
retain access to the necessary information for their own development
efforts.
You can read more about Portals's retirement at:
https://attic.apache.org/projects/portals.html
The project's resources will continue to be available in a read-only state -
website, mailing lists, wikis, git, downloads and bug tracker with no
change in url.
Providing process and solutions to make it clear when an Apache
project has reached its end of life is the role of the Apache Attic,
and you can read more about that at:
https://attic.apache.org/
Thanks,
${NAME}
on behalf of the Apache Attic and the now retired Portals project