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Re: Apache Commons abandoned ?

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Subject	Re: Apache Commons abandoned ?
Date	2012-10-30 20:02 -0700
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On 10/30/2012 7:12 PM, Joerg Meier wrote:
> I was surprised and dismayed to notice that a lot of the
> Apache Common libraries seem to have been completely abandoned. Many have
> not have had any updates since 2008 or 2010, and some even are specifically
> designed to still run on Java 1.2!
>
> Are those libraries so incredibly polished that no further updates are
> necessary, or have they simply been abandoned ?

Software does eventually have to be abandoned.  Sometimes it is 
superseded by something better.  Sometimes the need for it just goes away.

For Apache.org, check out the Apache Attic to see if a project is 
officially retired.

<http://attic.apache.org/>

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Apache Commons abandoned ? Joerg Meier <joergmmeier@arcor.de> - 2012-10-31 03:12 +0100
  Re: Apache Commons abandoned ? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-10-30 22:49 -0400
    Re: Apache Commons abandoned ? Joerg Meier <joergmmeier@arcor.de> - 2012-10-31 04:14 +0100
      Re: Apache Commons abandoned ? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-10-30 23:36 -0400
        Re: Apache Commons abandoned ? Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-10-31 12:27 -0700
  Re: Apache Commons abandoned ? markspace <-@.> - 2012-10-30 20:02 -0700

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