Hi Justin,

Thank you for the feedback.

We have addressed the points in the past few days as follows:

1. PMC Affiliations
The affiliations for the proposed initial PMC members have been updated [4].

2. Branding and Documentation
- We have adjusted the description of the WeChat account on our website to
ensure it is not labeled as an "official ASF" channel.
- Regarding the documentation, we have changed the display string from "Last
updated" to "Page last updated" to clarify that it refers to the modification
date of a specific page [1].

3. Legacy GitHub Organization
The legacy GitHub organization "hugegraph" [2] has been archived. Also we
have added a notice in the README to provide some context regarding
the project's
donation to the ASF, and to provide a new repository location.

4. Legacy Maven Repositories
- Currently, libraries on "mvnrepository.com" already display a redirection
notice to the official Apache artifacts [3].
- We have emailed Sonatype to request a similar "relocation" or "archival"
notice for the legacy hugegraph artifacts, and also to request they lower
the search ranking for these historical
artifacts to avoid confusion [5].

5. Project Vitality and Contribution Diversity
Status Explanation:
- Stability: HugeGraph was under development for 5+ years before entering
the ASF incubator. As the core architecture is now stable, the
frequency of massive commits from early contributors has naturally
decreased.
- Technical Barrier: Developing graph-related systems involves a steep learning
curve since it's a relatively niche field. There is a relatively high ba
rrier for deep development of a graph database.

Future Actions:
- We are encouraging existing committers to re-engage through more discussions
and community meetups.
- We are actively involving developers from SMEs and academia. More than
half of our recently elected committers are students, which is a positive
shift.
- To lower the entry barrier, we are producing more source code guides,
blogs, and LLM-integrated guides (like Deepwiki) to help new
developers learn more efficiently.

Overall, the HugeGraph community will strive for long-term and stable
iterations.
While the speed of updates may slow down, the project will become more
solid and diversified.


1. https://hugegraph.apache.org/docs/
2. https://github.com/hugegraph/
3. https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.baidu.hugegraph
4. https://lists.apache.org/thread/4mdyh3zm7fkx3ly87xhcglnq3bl133cb
5. https://lists.apache.org/thread/740htw9vyls8bndz28o3yksyr5b6c8oc


Regards,

Jermy Li
On behalf of the HugeGraph Community

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