+1 On Fri, Jun 7, 2019 at 3:32 PM Robert Scholte <rfscho...@apache.org> wrote:
> Hi, > > The Apache Maven project consist of about 90 (sub)projects. Due to the > small number of volunteers and the huge amount of code to maintain we're > missing enough space to make real progress on all these projects, including > our ambitious ideas for the next major version(s) of Maven itself. > To be able to gain more focus we need to criticize the current subprojects > and decide if it is worth maintaining. > > https://maven.apache.org/shared/maven-downloader/ [ > https://maven.apache.org/shared/maven-downloader/] describes the main > purpose in one line: Provide a super simple interface for downloading a > single artifact. Well, right now the preferred library to do so is either > maven-resolver or maven-artifact-transfer. > There have been only 2 releases, the last one was in December 2006. > > I therefore propose that we retire the maven-downloader. > > I don't think it makes sense to do a final release. Instead we should > update the documentation and freeze the codebase. > > The process for retiring a plugin is described here: > https://maven.apache.org/developers/retirement-plan-plugins.html [ > https://maven.apache.org/developers/retirement-plan-plugins.html] > > The vote is open for 72 hours. > [ ] +1 Yes, it's about time > [ ] -1 No, because... > > > >
