Re: [VOTE] Archive Maven Linkcheck Plugin

+1

Many of the usage results which I mentioned are in commented code.

Archiving does not remove old versions; it can still be used.
Even more if in the future someone wants to work on it it will be
possible to unarchive.

On Wed, 10 Sept 2025 at 22:02, Slawomir Jaranowski
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Last release of Maven Linkcheck Plugin
>
> https://github.com/apache/maven-linkcheck-plugin
> https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-linkcheck-plugin/
>
> was about 11 years ago ... Since the last release we only did maintenance task
> https://github.com/apache/maven-linkcheck-plugin/compare/maven-linkcheck-plugin-1.2...master
>
> It looks like plugin is not widely used
> https://github.com/search?q=%22maven-linkcheck-plugin%22+language%3A%22Maven+POM%22+NOT+is%3Afork++NOT+is%3Aarchived&type=code
>
> We should take care about used plugins and not spend time where it is
> not needed.
>
> I therefore propose that we can archive maven-linkcheck-plugin.
>
> I will not do the final release, it needs some code upgrades.
> I will make only needed changes like remove CI configuration.
>
> If this vote is successful the source code repository will get
> archived, meaning it's read only in the future.
>
> The vote is open for 72 hours.
>
> [ ] +1 Yes, it's about time
> [ ] -1 No, because...
>
> --
> Sławomir Jaranowski



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Sławomir Jaranowski