Abandoned JDK Ports

Joshua Root jmr at macports.org
Thu Jan 23 11:42:07 UTC 2025


On 23/1/2025 11:41, Nils Breunese wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I maintain quite a few JDK-related (Java Development Kit) ports, but 
> there are also 17 JDK ports that have @usersxx as their maintainer [0]. 
> This GitHub user’s profile doesn’t show any contributions after June 
> 2023 and the associated email address is bouncing. Most of these ports 
> are for JDK versions that have already reached end of life, but there 
> are also Long Term Support releases in the list (8, 11 and 17).
> 
> Shall I create a pull request to remove @usersxx as the maintainer of 
> these ports? I may want to adopt some myself.
> 
> Nils.
> 
> [0] https://ports.macports.org/search/? 
> selected_facets=maintainers_exact:usersxx <https://ports.macports.org/ 
> search/?selected_facets=maintainers_exact:usersxx>

Please file a Port Abandoned ticket as per the procedure: 
<https://guide.macports.org/chunked/project.update-policies.html#project.update-policies.abandonment>

The PR to remove the current maintainer and optionally add a new one 
would then close that ticket.

- Josh


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