The image wasn’t uploaded to the list, so I can’t see it. Anyways, I can see that this conversation is going nowhere. I’m convinced that this PMC has become property of Volkan and Piotr.
> On Jan 15, 2026, at 2:01 AM, Volkan Yazıcı <[email protected]> wrote: > > Matt, the following is your `apache/logging-log4j2` commit activity > <https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/graphs/contributors> I copied from > GitHub. > Given this graph, and the fact that RTC was introduced on 2025-04-10, are you > telling me that your inactivity since late 2017 was due to RTC? > > > On Wed, Jan 14, 2026 at 9:42 PM Matt Sicker <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> I should also note the below quote: >> >> > On Jan 12, 2026, at 2:51 AM, Volkan Yazıcı <[email protected] >> > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> > >> > AFAICT, the bottom line is, people who are actively contributing have no >> > problem with RTC; on the contrary, they support it wholeheartedly. On the >> > other hand, there is this other group of maintainers, whom contribute >> > seldom, have PRs pending for their attention to reviews, (almost) never >> > help with external PRs/Issues, they just want to push two lines of code for >> > their weekend projects, and return back to their $dayjobs. >> >> Of course it would look like that. The ones who agree to the policy work >> with it, and those who disagree have stepped back. That begs the question.
