Thank you so much!
I understand it's hard to find new maintainers, especially since XML and Xerces 
are well-established and known to just work.

If it looks to be impossible to create new releases due to a shortage of PMC 
members, there is hopefully a process at Apache to deal with this situation.

Again, if I can do anything to assist, technically or by asking ASF for help, 
let me know.

Best wishes,
Carsten
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Von: Mukul Gandhi <[email protected]>
Gesendet: Dienstag, 14. November 2023 02:19
An: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Betreff: Re: XercesJ 2.12.3 release

Hi Michael,
    Thanks for the thoughts.

As you've suggested within your mail below about the XercesJ 2.12.3
release, I'll be happy to make a fresh RC around these days for
XercesJ 2.12.3 release and we can start the vote for that.

But I think, that'll require me about few weeks time (to prepare a RC
and to start the vote, for XercesJ 2.12.3 release). I need to check
the sanity of XercesJ source code again for the 2.12.3 release and few
other related tasks.

I guess you're the only other person these days other than me who
could make a XercesJ 2.12.3 release. It shall make all on XercesJ
forum very happy, if you could make the XercesJ 2.12.3 release :)

Otherwise, I could prepare RC for XercesJ 2.12.3 release and start a
vote for that.

On Tue, Nov 14, 2023 at 12:43 AM Michael Glavassevich
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> In order to have a successful vote on a release [1] it requires at least 3 +1 
> binding votes from members of the PMC. That has been a challenge as PMC 
> members have become inactive / less active and other PMC members who haven’t 
> been contributing to Xerces-J don’t tend to weigh in on the release votes.
>
> We’ve been trying to expand the PMC. Might have more success if a new vote 
> were started now. I think Mukul otherwise had everything ready to go.
>
> Xerces desperately needs more volunteers. Personally, I help out when I can 
> but I have very little time these days as I work on other projects and have 
> less use of XML in my day-to-day activities. Xerces needs new committers and 
> new PMC members in order for the project’s health to improve.
>
> Thanks.


> [1] https://www.apache.org/legal/release-policy.html#release-approval


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Regards,
Mukul Gandhi

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