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Re: What's the "right" way to abandon an open source package?

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  Re: What's the "right" way to abandon an open source package? Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2014-07-01 10:43 -0700

#73801 — Re: What's the "right" way to abandon an open source package?

On 07/01/2014 10:30 AM, 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?

I'm willing to take it on.

--
~Ethan~

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