2009/05/20 - Apache Shale has been retired.
>>>> This is a heads up for the Shale user community that the Shale PMC has
>>>> voted to move the project to the Attic. This means that the Shale
>>>> developers (more formally its Project Management Committee) have voted
>>>> to retire Shale and move the responsibility for its oversight over to
>>>> the Attic project.