Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!rt.uk.eu.org!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed4a.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.015 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.97; '*S*': 0.00; '(at': 0.04; 'over,': 0.07; '-0500': 0.09; 'assuming': 0.09; 'buttons': 0.09; 'to:addr:skip': 0.09; 'cc:addr:python-list': 0.11; 'sfxlen:2': 0.11; 'python': 0.11; 'bug': 0.12; 'wrote': 0.14; 'mostly': 0.14; 'fork': 0.16; 'maintainers': 0.16; 'pypi.': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'reports,': 0.19; 'work,': 0.20; 'written': 0.21; 'programming': 0.22; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.22; 'skip': 0.24; 'paul': 0.24; 'question': 0.24; 'cc:2**0': 0.24; "i've": 0.25; 'least': 0.26; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'tried': 0.27; 'point': 0.28; "i'm": 0.30; 'url:mailman': 0.30; 'work.': 0.31; '(which': 0.31; 'maintaining': 0.32; 'url:python': 0.33; 'ago': 0.33; 'subject:the': 0.34; "i'd": 0.34; 'but': 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'there': 0.35; 'url:listinfo': 0.36; 'charset:us-ascii': 0.36; 'subject:?': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'too': 0.37; 'rather': 0.38; 'hosted': 0.39; 'subject:" ': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'url:mail': 0.40; 'even': 0.60; 'skip:u 10': 0.60; 'email addr:gmail.com': 0.63; 'happen': 0.63; 'pick': 0.64; 'interest': 0.64; 'reply': 0.66; 'home': 0.69; 'press': 0.70; 'jul': 0.74; 'day': 0.76; 'abandon': 0.84; 'bike.': 0.84; 'exercise,': 0.84; 'riding': 0.84; 'subject:source': 0.84 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=bv+oUUscLQT8wkBd/DiInux0HQ5ZLjeDuDacjCHFJ/4=; b=fn035o7XTr7iXcZ5YNBhAGMfWXwDThV+8BEq0DrzX7qddnq2a6EClNQCa0z+Kq6Tc/ xixljfAyUbiyZStD/XT7G4hQ4VluDCnSZfAUG0XJU15+KrbspryZ3haVbjEnHovWicmH vnKHy3/WLJ4rFvvTlOrxe1XkZDDQ0vWeT5AJvdPP8VxKzqkZ65QGGi4yoE3Vi43B4TH+ 0c4k0iJ01LbIGCGptYhKDCIyRWoCKxaOA39PASR0te8ywtnYK9YOMAKrVe51J3EN9Vci iknLhAr34x03crSYYiqWPRI5uBJOxdYT7QCI71/wzQ+gyayT0qFYVAD1FFRE+eWEpM8y kJNg== X-Received: by 10.112.42.80 with SMTP id m16mr2680305lbl.66.1404237592120; Tue, 01 Jul 2014 10:59:52 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2014 20:59:48 +0300 From: Paul Sokolovsky To: Skip Montanaro Subject: Re: What's the "right" way to abandon an open source package? In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.10.1 (GTK+ 2.24.10; i686-pc-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Python X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 38 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1404237600 news.xs4all.nl 2834 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:54990 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:73800 Hello, On Tue, 1 Jul 2014 12:30:44 -0500 Skip Montanaro wrote: > This is only Python-related because the package in question (lockfile > at PyPI) is written in Python and hosted (at least in part) on PyPI. I > have not had any interest in maintaining this package for a few years. > I wrote it mostly as an exercise, and while I do happen to use it > ever-so-slightly in my work, its state as of a few years ago is > perfect for my modest needs. Working on it no longer scratches any > itches for me. I'd much rather be out riding my bike. I'm at the point > in my professional career that I no longer want to program at home > after spending all day programming at work. I've tried to find people > to take it over, but so far unsuccessfully. I continue to get bug > reports, some from OS package maintainers or maintainers of > applications which use lockfile. Lots of these people seem demanding > of my time (which makes me even less interested in lockfile > maintenance). Is there a "correct" way to abandon the damn thing? Put it on github and reply to any request with "patches welcome!". That's assuming it's ok for you once a month to go thru pull request queue and press "Merge" or "Close" buttons. If that's too hard, then well, don't press those buttons - someone else will pick those pulls into one's own fork and will maintain it. > > Thx, > > Skip > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list -- Best regards, Paul mailto:pmiscml@gmail.com