We've had similar discussion @Commons about a topic like this one. My view is that you'll never know who will step up on volunteer, or who is in enough pain to stand up and do the work.
I think what is helpful is to list for each branch what the expectations should be, like version 1 is inactive but open to contributions from users, version 2 is still widely used, supported but no new feature, and so on. 2c, G On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 1:42 PM, Benson Margulies <bimargul...@gmail.com>wrote: > Are there any readers on this list who are prepared to respond to any > issues on Maven 1.x, especially, for example, security issues? Does > anyone know how to make a release? Unless that set is non-empty, we > really need to 'retire' it, I claim. > > On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 10:37 AM, Anders Hammar <and...@hammar.net> wrote: > > Yes, this line is not really true: > > "Note that *no further development* is planned for the Maven-1.0 branch, > > and Maven-1.1 is in maintenance mode, i.e. development is restricted to > > support and bug fixes." > > > > /Anders > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 7:33 PM, Benson Margulies <bimargul...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > >> I think it's long overtime for us to officially disclaim support for > Maven > >> 1. > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > >> > >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > > -- E-Mail: garydgreg...@gmail.com | ggreg...@apache.org JUnit in Action, 2nd Ed: <http://goog_1249600977>http://bit.ly/ECvg0 Spring Batch in Action: <http://s.apache.org/HOq>http://bit.ly/bqpbCK Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com Home: http://garygregory.com/ Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory
