+1 On Wed, Aug 7, 2019, 21:13 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-repository-builder/ describes the > main purpose in one line: Maven shared components. Okay, that's actually > quite bad. > Based on > > https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.maven.shared/maven-repository-builder > > the library isn't used a lot. Both maven-assembly-plugin and > maven-plugin-testing-tools don't use this library anymore. > The sourcecode looks a bit like it has the same purpose as > dependency:copy-dependencies. > > I therefore propose that we retire the maven-repository-builder. > > 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... > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > >