I see a few options: Option 1: We divide up the projects among the active developers, each active developer has a look in JIRA to see if there are any recent JIRAs with patches of semi-reasonable quality, and we try and get the people submitting such patches to become active committers for those projects.
We have 41 projects with no activity in the last year, and developers with activity in the last year, so that is 1 project each. If after a month or so, we have not resuscitated the project, then the dev assigned the project should start a vote to retire it. Option 2: We just vote to retire all 41 projects en-mass, on the basis that if somebody wants it back, they can ask for it. Option 3: We launch a call for interested parties on users@mojo for each project, give it a month or so, and if nobody steps up, we start a vote to retire it. I have use a random function to assign each active developer to a project... if you want to swap and you can find somebody willing to swap with you, that's fine, but for now, this seems like the fairest way... adslakeside:plugin-support afloom:pde-maven-plugin benjones.selera:javancss-maven-plugin bentmann:maven-extensions bimargulies:sqlj-maven-plugin brett:javacc-maven-plugin brianfox:commons-attributes-maven-plugin carlos:smc-maven-plugin dantran:retrotranslator-maven-plugin dennisl:dependency-maven-plugin djencks:taglist-maven-plugin gjoseph:l10n-maven-plugin gleclaire:sysdeo-tomcat-maven-plugin godin:osxappbundle-maven-plugin hboutemy:antlr-maven-plugin huntc:virtualization-maven-plugin jglick:ideauidesigner-maven-plugin jieryn:jspc jochen:fitnesse-maven-plugin jponge:rpm-maven-plugin jreyes:xdoclet-maven-plugin kohsuke:hibernate2-maven-plugin marceloverdijk:docbook-maven-plugin mark:jruby-stdlib mfriedenhagen:dbunit-maven-plugin mkleint:solaris ndeloof:idlj-maven-plugin oching:truezip-maven-plugin olamy:jpox-maven-plugin pgier:openjpa-maven-plugin rfscholte:axistools-maven-plugin sgoeschl:sablecc-maven-plugin simon.brandhof:jruby-maven-plugin soelvpil:properties-maven-plugin stephenconnolly:rmic-maven-plugin stimpy:ianal-maven-plugin struberg:dashboard-maven-plugin tastle:batik-maven-plugin tchemit:springws-maven-plugin trygvis:was6-maven-plugin wguttmn: zznate:antlr3-maven-plugin The random seed picked the lucky winner as "wguttmn" So what option do people want to proceed with? Option 1: Option 2: Option 3: On 21 December 2011 09:44, Stephen Connolly <stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com> wrote: > The following are the projects which have at least one active > developer (after my emeritus drive) > ====================================================================== > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/animal-sniffer > Last revision: 2011-08-28 > Active devs: kohsuke, olamy, stephenconnolly > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/appassembler > Last revision: 2011-11-09 > Active devs: brett, carlos, oching, olamy > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/apt-maven-plugin > Last revision: 2011-08-30 > Active devs: mark > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/aspectj-maven-plugin > Last revision: 2011-08-22 > Active devs: afloom, dennisl, rfscholte > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/build-helper-maven-plugin > Last revision: 2011-07-20 > Active devs: rfscholte, stephenconnolly > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/buildnumber-maven-plugin > Last revision: 2011-12-19 > Active devs: afloom, bentmann, olamy, struberg, tchemit > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/cassandra-maven-plugin > Last revision: 2011-10-12 > Active devs: stephenconnolly, zznate > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/castor-maven-plugin > Last revision: 2011-11-29 > Active devs: wguttmn > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/chronos > Last revision: 2011-12-06 > Active devs: adslakeside, soelvpil > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/ci-aggregator > Last revision: 2011-12-14 > Active devs: bentmann, olamy, rfscholte, tchemit > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/clirr-maven-plugin > Last revision: 2011-01-08 > Active devs: olamy > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/cobertura-maven-plugin > Last revision: 2011-12-10 > Active devs: afloom, bimargulies, rfscholte > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/dbupgrade > Last revision: 2011-09-29 > Active devs: dantran > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/dita-maven-plugin > Last revision: 2011-03-13 > Active devs: dantran > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/emma-maven-plugin > Last revision: 2010-12-28 > Active devs: godin > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/exec-maven-plugin > Last revision: 2011-12-18 > Active devs: rfscholte > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/extra-enforcer-rules > Last revision: 2011-11-12 > Active devs: rfscholte, stephenconnolly > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/findbugs-maven-plugin > Last revision: 2011-12-13 > Active devs: gleclaire, olamy > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/gwt-maven-plugin > Last revision: 2011-11-09 > Active devs: jieryn, ndeloof, olamy > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/hibernate3-maven-plugin > Last revision: 2011-08-28 > Active devs: dantran, jreyes > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/jalopy-maven-plugin > Last revision: 2011-05-22 > Active devs: hboutemy > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/jasperreports-maven-plugin > Last revision: 2011-08-29 > Active devs: gjoseph > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/javascript-maven-tools > Last revision: 2011-12-15 > Active devs: benjones.selera, huntc, tastle > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/jaxb2-maven-plugin > Last revision: 2011-12-17 > Active devs: afloom, rfscholte > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/jboss-maven-plugin > Last revision: 2011-03-04 > Active devs: pgier > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/jboss-packaging-maven-plugin > Last revision: 2011-08-03 > Active devs: afloom > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/jdepend-maven-plugin > Last revision: 2011-12-13 > Active devs: rfscholte > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/jdiff-maven-plugin > Last revision: 2011-12-11 > Active devs: rfscholte > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/js-import-maven-plugin > Last revision: 2011-12-14 > Active devs: huntc > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/jslint-maven-plugin > Last revision: 2011-12-14 > Active devs: huntc > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/keytool-maven-plugin > Last revision: 2011-11-29 > Active devs: tchemit > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/latex-maven > Last revision: 2011-03-21 > Active devs: jponge > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/lesscss-maven-plugin > Last revision: 2011-10-25 > Active devs: huntc, marceloverdijk, rfscholte > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/license-maven-plugin > Last revision: 2011-11-29 > Active devs: pgier, tchemit > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/maven-native > Last revision: 2011-03-08 > Active devs: dantran, struberg > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/mojo-archetypes > Last revision: 2011-12-01 > Active devs: jglick > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/mojo-parent > Last revision: 2011-12-03 > Active devs: afloom, bentmann, bimargulies, hboutemy, olamy, > rfscholte, tchemit > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/mrm > Last revision: 2011-12-09 > Active devs: stephenconnolly > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/native2ascii-maven-plugin > Last revision: 2011-11-04 > Active devs: godin > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/nbm-maven > Last revision: 2011-12-06 > Active devs: jglick > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/ounce-maven-plugin > Last revision: 2011-07-05 > Active devs: bentmann, brianfox > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/scmchangelog-maven-plugin > Last revision: 2011-12-13 > Active devs: rfscholte > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/selenium-maven-plugin > Last revision: 2011-12-19 > Active devs: olamy > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/ship-maven-plugin > Last revision: 2011-06-22 > Active devs: stephenconnolly > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/shitty-maven-plugin > Last revision: 2011-05-22 > Active devs: hboutemy > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/siteskinner-maven-plugin > Last revision: 2011-12-18 > Active devs: rfscholte > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/sonar-maven-plugin > Last revision: 2011-11-05 > Active devs: simon.brandhof > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/sql-maven-plugin > Last revision: 2011-11-19 > Active devs: dennisl, olamy, rfscholte, struberg > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/unix > Last revision: 2011-07-08 > Active devs: trygvis > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/versions-maven-plugin > Last revision: 2011-12-12 > Active devs: pgier, stephenconnolly > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/wagon-maven-plugin > Last revision: 2011-07-06 > Active devs: bimargulies, dantran > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/weblogic-maven-plugin > Last revision: 2011-02-20 > Active devs: rfscholte > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/webminifier-maven-plugin > Last revision: 2011-12-14 > Active devs: huntc > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/webstart > Last revision: 2011-11-29 > Active devs: dennisl, tchemit > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/webtest-maven-plugin > Last revision: 2011-08-17 > Active devs: sgoeschl, struberg > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/xml-maven-plugin > Last revision: 2011-06-16 > Active devs: jochen > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/xmlbeans-maven-plugin > Last revision: 2011-10-13 > Active devs: djencks > > The following projects have had no activity in the last year > ========================================== > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/antlr-maven-plugin > Last revision: 2010-11-16 > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/antlr3-maven-plugin > Last revision: 2009-09-12 > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/axistools-maven-plugin > Last revision: 2010-08-10 > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/batik-maven-plugin > Last revision: 2009-12-24 > > Project: > http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/commons-attributes-maven-plugin > Last revision: 2009-09-14 > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/dashboard-maven-plugin > Last revision: 2010-04-08 > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/dbunit-maven-plugin > Last revision: 2009-11-27 > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/dependency-maven-plugin > Last revision: 2008-03-28 > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/docbook-maven-plugin > Last revision: 2009-09-11 > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/fitnesse-maven-plugin > Last revision: 2010-05-22 > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/hibernate2-maven-plugin > Last revision: 2009-09-11 > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/ianal-maven-plugin > Last revision: 2010-05-19 > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/ideauidesigner-maven-plugin > Last revision: 2009-11-27 > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/idlj-maven-plugin > Last revision: 2009-09-12 > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/javacc-maven-plugin > Last revision: 2009-09-29 > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/javancss-maven-plugin > Last revision: 2010-05-17 > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/jpox-maven-plugin > Last revision: 2009-09-11 > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/jruby-maven-plugin > Last revision: 2009-08-31 > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/jruby-stdlib > Last revision: 2009-09-11 > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/jspc > Last revision: 2009-09-11 > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/l10n-maven-plugin > Last revision: 2010-10-28 > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/maven-extensions > Last revision: 2009-09-11 > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/openjpa-maven-plugin > Last revision: 2010-11-29 > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/osxappbundle-maven-plugin > Last revision: 2010-02-27 > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/pde-maven-plugin > Last revision: 2010-06-29 > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/plugin-support > Last revision: 2009-09-11 > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/properties-maven-plugin > Last revision: 2010-10-19 > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/retrotranslator-maven-plugin > Last revision: 2009-09-11 > > Project: http://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/rmic-maven-plugin > Last revision: 2010-06-28 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