That sounds promising, and I'm aware that I'm probably being a little
annoying by now, but I've also noticed that the source package is version
is at 2.0.9 where the latest release package version is 2.0.8. That version
was bumped 3 years ago. In between the last release date and last commits
No. What I am implying is that you would begin the work necessary to perform a
release on a fork. When you are ready you would submit a PR and one or more of
the existing PMC members would review that and merge it. You would then
collaborate with us to get the release published.
There is a
Unfortunately, this would suggest that forking and publishing under a
different package name is probably the best idea. There are, as noted
before, 34 stagnated pull requests currently at GitHub, many of which
haven't seen any attention since 2018. It would seem to be a fool's errand
to open a
The only requirement to become an experienced open source developer is passion.
Open source developers are just people who like to work on code that everyone
can use. That’s it. If you have the time, can help with the technical problems
needed to get the project moving, and can collaborate with
I remember reading the call for .NET devs (a few years back) to help with
the .NET core version for Log4Net. That's about the time I joined the
mailing list.
As I understand it, dormant just means it's no longer being maintained, but
the current version is still available for download and use
No one is ever happy moving a project to dormant status. But it is unfair to
users to let them think the project is being maintained when the reality is
quite different than that.
The main issue that needs to be overcome is getting a release out. The ASF has
some requirements around releases
Hi all
I'm new to this list, been using log4net for around 9 years, and only this
week discovered that it is being made dormant (and what that means).
I've been told that the team has been looking for outside help for around 2
years, with no-one forthcoming. Unfortunately, as I say, this is the
