Casting my +1, retire the project, because...[1]. With that, the decision does not pass with 3 binding -1 votes from Scott, Ralph, Gary and 1 binding +1 from me.
[1] As its one and only active maintainer states, the project's user base is "very low to non-existent"[2]. No PMC member indicated they can currently afford time to address its shortcomings[3]. PMC should make this lack-of-maintenance clear to the public. PMC should focus its limited development resources on projects that have wider audiences rather than maintaining features serving to a handful of privileged (i.e., those who can vote go or no-go for a project) individuals, where these people/organizations can very well keep on using/maintaining the product from a fork. [2] https://lists.apache.org/thread/ovhvs42wfw5kzzywzzjtyzj3gjm4hbt0 [3] https://lists.apache.org/thread/t8pzkm9c4qgmb0fw16bswjs69mckt5wc On Thu, Sep 21, 2023 at 7:00 PM Volkan Yazıcı <vol...@yazi.ci> wrote: > > As earlier discussions[1] indicate, Chainsaw has been lacking on > maintenance and no PMC member stepped up to perform necessary chores. > This is a vote to retire the Chainsaw by means of > > - Move it to the list of dormant projects[2] > - Making it clear in its README and website that the project is not > maintained anymore > - Archive its repository[3] > > Please cast your votes on this mailing list. > > [ ] +1, retire the project > [ ] -1, don't retire, because... > > This vote is open for 72 hours and will pass unless getting a net > negative vote count. All votes are welcome and we encourage everyone, > but only the Logging Services PMC votes are officially counted. At > least 3 +1 votes and more positive than negative votes are required. > > [1] https://lists.apache.org/thread/fsykp5hxr9z0c2h85snnhnj2pq553t6q > [2] https://logging.apache.org/dormant.html > [3] https://github.com/apache/chainsaw
