On Fri, Feb 16, 2024, 16:21 Ruediger Pluem <rpl...@apache.org> wrote:
> > > On 2/16/24 2:10 PM, Eric Covener wrote: > >> Will apreq 2.18 still be released? > > > > I think we should, but we need someone to do the release work and 3 > > active PMC members to approve it. Prior to the recent activity, the > > subproject was essentially unchanged and unreleased for 10 years (with > > 1 failed release due to lack of votes) > > > > I would like to understand if libapreq remains viable as a project > > managed by the httpd PMC. We had this conversation last year on the > > private list and the next step is to bring it here. > > I reread the thread on the private list. Did the discussed reach out to > other > PMC's happen? > > > > > It is possible the next release comes with an end-of-life date in the > > future. If this codebase has a community elsewhere, they should join > > us or take it over.If there is anyone out there who wants to get more > > involved, please speak up. > > > > > > I count myself as a release vote of last resort only, but i don't > > think we should be committing to future fixes/releases if nearly > > everyone is in this category. > > I am in that category as well. > I don't have time in the foreseeable future to evaluate if its worth > keeping at least parts of it in trunk to be used for the > locations in httpd where we parse form data (there are some). I guess it > could be beneficial to have this capability in a central > location. > OTOH looking in what we have in trunk I am a bit confused. The trunk code > does not seem to have the perl > glue any longer that is present in the standalone code. Did it go > somewhere else back then? How > would perl users continue to use it even if we would release trunk today > and would close down the > standalone apreq with a terminal release today? > > I would be trying to help with a vote on a terminal release by this PMC if > no one else wants to take over the code base as is, > but we should clearly retire it then. > +1 to letting it RIP (maybe with a note inviting future contributors should there ever be interest in picking it up) There just aren't enough active community members around it anymore IMHO. Issac
