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CNCF Project Archiving Process v1.0
Open source projects have a lifecycle and there are times that projects become inactive due to a variety of reasons. There are also cases where a project may no longer want to be supported by the TOC, or the TOC may no longer wish to recommend the use of a project.
Archiving Criteria
When voting on a proposal to archive a project, TOC members may wish to consider whether the project continues to meet the criteria for CNCF acceptance. The TOC may also look at activity levels in the project (https://all.devstats.cncf.io/d/53/projects-health-table?orgId=1), although it is important to note that there is a difference between a mature project that doesn't get much attention any more but is stable, versus a project that is inactive.
Voting Process
To archive a project:
- A proposal must be put forth to the TOC repo
- The TOC will inform the project maintainers, CNCF End-User community and wider community of all archiving proposals
- The proposal must remain open for at least 2 weeks of discussion after the maintainers are informed.
- A vote must be finalized with 2/3 approval from the TOC
Archiving Process
What does archiving for a CNCF project mean?
- CNCF will no longer provide support for the project via service desk
- CNCF will list archived projects online
- Trademarks and domain names of archived projects are still hosted by the CNCF and the Linux Foundation
- CNCF can provide services such as documentation updates to help transition users.
- Other CNCF marketing activities will no longer be provided for the project
Reactivating an Archived Project
Any project can be reactivated into CNCF by following the normal project proposal and/or sandbox process.