Project Retiring Process - Revision history

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= Document Status =

'''IncCom Document Number''': X

'''Version''': 0.1

'''Status''': draft

= Purpose =

Eventually, some OSGeo projects will reach their end-of-life. This is often a good thing as new approaches or technologies have developed which reduce the need for the project. When a project retires, it is best to clean up loose ends to make sure outstanding users still have access to the code, and the valuable project history is captured for future researchers.

The purpose of the Project Retiring Process provides guidelines for gracefully retiring OSGeo projects which have reached ''incubation'' or ''graduation'' status.

== Retiring Steps ==

# Announce the project's retirement to relevant email lists and news sources. Here is an [http://communitymapbuilder.org/display/MAP/EndOfLife Example].
## Announce on project's main web page.
## Announce to project announcement, developer and user email lists.
## Announce to [http://lists.mapserverfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss OSGeo Discuss].
## Announce to [http://www.osgeo.org/content/news/submit_news.html OSGeo News].
# Move the project's status to "retired".
## Update http://osgeo.org (TBD, how is this updated) and move the Project under the "Retired" heading.
# Notify the [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing Marketing Committee] who will be responsible for updating marketing material (probably to remove your project from the material). This includes updating marketing material:
##
# If the domain name of your project has the potential of lapsing, hand over the ownership of your domain to OSGeo by raising a SAC ticket. [http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/322 Example].

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 == Retiring Steps ==
-# 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.
+# Either the Project's Steering Committee, or OSGeo board (in absence of the former PSC) decide that the project is no longer viable.
 # The Project Steering Committee recommends retirement to the OSGeo board, and the board accepts the proposal.
 # Announce the project's retirement to relevant email lists and news sources. Here is an [http://communitymapbuilder.org/display/MAP/EndOfLife Example].

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 # The Project Steering Committee recommends retirement to the OSGeo board, and the board accepts the proposal.
 # Announce the project's retirement to relevant email lists and news sources. Here is an [http://communitymapbuilder.org/display/MAP/EndOfLife Example].
-## Announce on project's main web page.
+## Announce on project's main web page, ensuring it is obvious to future visitors that the project has retired.
 ## Announce to project announcement, developer and user email lists.
 ## Announce to [http://lists.mapserverfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss OSGeo Discuss].

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 ## Announce to [http://www.osgeo.org/content/news/submit_news.html OSGeo News].
 # Move the project's status to "retired". Update all the locations where the project is referenced, as per the [[Project Mentions]] page.
 # If the domain name of your project has the potential of lapsing, hand over the ownership of your domain to OSGeo by raising a SAC ticket. [http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/322 Example].
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