+1 On Mon, 13 Apr 2026 at 19:41, Andrew Stitcher <[email protected]> wrote:
> +1 to retirement for all from me! > > On Tue, Apr 7, 2026 at 7:05 AM Robbie Gemmell <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hi folks, > > > > I think it is past time that we archived/retired some older components > > that are no longer being released / maintained, to make their status > > clearer, and allow tidying up the website accordingly. For the > > repositories this would be marking them archived/read-only like many > > other examples (e.g > > https://github.com/orgs/apache/repositories?q=archived%3Atrue) from > > other projects. > > > > I have proceeded straight to vote on this rather than a pre-discussion > > and I am holding a combined vote, since I think the status for each of > > these is already well established by example and circumstance, though > > I have elaborated on the thinking below regardless should anyone need > > some detail. > > > > I propose that we archive/retire the components: > > > > qpid-cpp: https://github.com/apache/qpid-cpp/ > > qpid-python: https://github.com/apache/qpid-python/ > > qpid-dispatch: https://github.com/apache/qpid-dispatch/ > > qpid-jms-amqp-0-x: https://github.com/apache/qpid-jms-amqp-0-x/ > > > > Reasoning: > > > > qpid-cpp has not been released since October 2018. There have been > > some commits since but none released, and it hasnt been truly active > > for several years. It no longer compiles on modern systems, and relies > > on qpid-python for tools, itself no longer released and only available > > for Python 2.x. Though some work did start on modernizing both of > > those a few years ago, that was one person and has stalled since. > > There have been no commits in 3 years. The CI doenst work. > > > > qpid-python has not been released since November 2017. It supports > > AMQP 0-x versions, whilst the focus has been on AMQP 1.0 for over a > > decade, and Python related development has been mainly around > > qpid-proton for a similar timeframe. It was only released for Python > > 2.x. Some work was done a few years ago to update it for 3 but that > > also stalled a few years ago with the last commit. > > > > qpid-dispatch has not been released since March 2022, with even that > > somewhat a last-hurrah since the key developers had already announced > > they would all be refocusing their efforts on another project and so > > development of Dispatch would subsequently slow without other drivers. > > There has been no active development drive in the years since, with a > > small number of commits but none released, and many of those just > > related to fixing CI/build issues on newer systems in recent years. > > Those have also ceased, with no commits in 15 months and the CI hasnt > > worked for a similar timeframe. > > > > qpid-jms-amqp-0-x has not been released since May 2020. There have > > been no commits in 6 years. The CI doesnt work. The main focus has > > been on the AMQP 1.0 JMS client for over a decade. > > > > Please cast your vote. > > > > Thanks, > > Robbie > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > >
