Thanks for the feedback so far.

Here is a PR to add a warning that the project is no longer maintained:
https://github.com/apache/datafusion-ray/pull/88

Once this is merged, I will archive the repo.

On Tue, Jul 29, 2025 at 4:06 AM Xuanwo <xua...@apache.org> wrote:

> > Since it is a subproject of DataFusion, maybe we can just archive the
> repo
> > with a note saying it is not undergoing active development anymore and
> > direct questions to the mailing list / other github locations
>
> I completely agree with this approach.
>
> > Also, since all the software is Apache licensed, if someone wanted to
> work
> > on it for a while there is no reason they couldn't fork the project
> (either
> > in datafusion-contrib or elsewhere) and keep working on it.
>
> Yeah, one thing to add is the new project can't be called `datafusion-ray`
> again.
>
> On Tue, Jul 29, 2025, at 18:00, Andrew Lamb wrote:
> > Since it is a subproject of DataFusion, maybe we can just archive the
> repo
> > with a note saying it is not undergoing active development anymore and
> > direct questions to the mailing list / other github locations
> >
> > Also, since all the software is Apache licensed, if someone wanted to
> work
> > on it for a while there is no reason they couldn't fork the project
> (either
> > in datafusion-contrib or elsewhere) and keep working on it.
> >
> > Andrew
> >
> > On Tue, Jul 29, 2025 at 2:12 AM Xuanwo <xua...@apache.org> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I agree that we should take steps to actively update the project status.
> >>
> >> However, this project has already been donated to the ASF, so I don't
> >> think moving it back is an option.
> >>
> >> IMO, the more practical approach is to request archiving the project as
> it
> >> stands. If at least three people want to work on it in the future, they
> can
> >> reactivate it when needed.
> >>
> >> On Mon, Jul 28, 2025, at 23:57, Andrew Lamb wrote:
> >> > I agree moving it back to contrib makes sense unless we can find a new
> >> > champion to help drive it forward within the official repositories.
> >> >
> >> > On Mon, Jul 28, 2025 at 8:40 AM Andy Grove <andygrov...@gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> The DataFusion Ray project [1] originated in datafusion-contrib and
> was
> >> >> donated to the Apache DataFusion project in September of last year.
> >> >> There was a period of intense development, primarily driven by a
> single
> >> >> contributor, during which the project underwent a significant
> rewrite.
> >> >> Unfortunately, the project has now been abandoned. The last commit
> was
> >> >> almost four months ago, and the main contributor is now working on a
> new
> >> >> distributed DataFusion project, which will soon be available in
> >> >> datafusion-contrib.
> >> >>
> >> >> My opinion is that we should move the DataFusion Ray repository back
> to
> >> >> datafusion-contrib at this time.
> >> >>
> >> >> I would like to hear thoughts from the community.
> >> >>
> >> >> Thanks,
> >> >>
> >> >> Andy.
> >> >>
> >> >> [1] https://github.com/apache/datafusion-ray
> >> >>
> >>
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> >>
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