Stepping down as NAR plugin co-maintainer

[Curtis Rueden]

Hi NAR enthusiasts,

It is with relief, but also a heavy heart, that I step down as co-maintainer of the NAR project. In recent years I have not been able to invest the time this project ideally needs to be its best, and none of the projects I currently maintain utilize NAR in their builds anymore.

I have updated the FAQ to clarify the current maintenance situation:

  https://github.com/maven-nar/nar-maven-plugin/wiki/Frequently_Asked_Questions#q-is-the-nar-project-being-actively-maintained

I continue to hope that NAR is useful to others! I am happy to share deployment credentials, commit rights, etc., as needed for those with more time available to devote to the project. But I am no longer able to support the project with bug-fixes, review of PRs, etc. I did not write the plugin originally anyway, and my knowledge of the codebase is meager, so my help would be of limited use anyway. As such, although I'm not leaving the maven-nar GitHub organization, I have changed my visibility from public to private to avoid giving the impression that I'll be actively participating in the future.

If anyone wants to take formal ownership of the project, now would be a good time to speak up. I can add developers as co-owners to the organization so that the project can keep moving forward with forking.

If no one steps up, not much will change—I expect the project will continue as it has been, without much support from any inner circle, but still publicly available and open source.

Sincerely,

Curtis

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Curtis Rueden

Software architect, LOCI/Eliceiri lab - https://loci.wisc.edu/software

ImageJ2 lead, Fiji maintainer - https://imagej.net/User:Rueden