[Rd] R-Forge status

[Achim Zeileis]

Hi everyone, hi Kevin,

a quick update: the R-Forge team at WU Wien has now decided on a timeline 
for the transition of R-Forge to a read-only site.

- Until the end of 2026: R-Forge continues to work as normal. Project 
pages, SVN, package builds, mailing lists, forums, and logins still work.

- Starting from January 2027 (exact date tbd): R-Forge switches to 
archive-only mode. All SVN repositories continue to work (via SSH only) 
and a static snapshot of the web page is preserved. That means that 
existing projects can be viewed but all other functionality will be 
disabled (registering projects, package builds, mailing lists, forums, 
logins).

- From January 2028: SVN switches to read-only mode. Existing repository 
history remains available, but no further commits can be made to any 
codebase.

This information will also be sent out to all R-Forge users in the next 
days.

Additionally, I have written up a few notes about how to transition from 
R-Forge to Codeberg (or some other Git-based service like GitHub or 
GitLab):

https://www.zeileis.org/news/rforge_codeberg/

Best wishes,
Achim


On Wed, 16 Sep 2026, Kevin R. Coombes wrote:

> Hello,
>
> For the last couple of days (at least), I am unable to connect to 
> r-forge.r-project.org.
>
> Is R-Forge down for scheduled maintenance?
> Down for unscheduled repairs?
> Down permanently?
> Any ideas about when it will be back?
>
> Should I start preparing to move the R packages that I maintain and they host 
> over to GitLab?
>
> Thanks for any updates you can provide.
>     Kevin
>
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