Abandoned JDK Ports

[Nils Breunese]

Joshua Root <jmr at macports.org> wrote:

> 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.

Thanks. That link describes creating a ticket for a particular port. Is one ticket for all of the 17 ports by this maintainer ok?

Nils.