+1 On Sun, Jun 9, 2019 at 5:32 AM Karl Heinz Marbaise <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > +1 from me. > > Kind regards > Karl Heinz Marbaise > On 07.06.19 15:32, Robert Scholte 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-downloader/ > > [https://maven.apache.org/shared/maven-downloader/] describes the main > > purpose in one line: Provide a super simple interface for downloading a > > single artifact. Well, right now the preferred library to do so is either > > maven-resolver or maven-artifact-transfer. > > There have been only 2 releases, the last one was in December 2006. > > > > I therefore propose that we retire the maven-downloader. > > > > 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: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >
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