Can something be done to prevent a module from "going away?" The maintainer has stopped maintaining it, and has labeled it "obsolete" even though there are over 5000 active users. He's attempting to bury it and force users to use a different module, when there is at least one active fix waiting in his queue and the module works well otherwise.

The module is Imce CCK Image. Many of us users do not want to have to use the module he is directing us to. Can it be put in a "looking for maintainer" status or something, instead of being used as a billboard for a different module?

There seems to be no reason for burying this module except to promote a different one that has dozens more dependencies and actually cannot work with some configurations like the Imce CCK Image module does.

Please let me know if I'm out of line asking this, but I'm distressed that the module may get buried, and thousands depend on it.

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WorldFallz’s picture

WorldFallz commented

I changed the maintenance status to "seeking new maintainer" and the dev status to 'No further development' and left the text on the project page alone. Seems like there's still some room for misunderstand as "seeking new maintainer" implies to me that it's still being maintained.

Maybe we need to split up 'seeking new maintainer' into 'Maintained - seeking new maintainer' and "Unmaintained - seeking new maintainer" -- imo we don't want new users starting to use an unmaintained module.

any one else have any thoughts?

matt2000’s picture

matt2000 commented

I thought thats "abandoned" meant "unmaintained, seeking new maintainer" ?

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gregarios commented

In the literal sense, "seeking new maintainer" implies that there is no maintainer any more. It implies that there is an "old maintainer" that can only be referring to a maintainer that is no longer the maintainer.

Thank you for changing the status.

WorldFallz’s picture

WorldFallz commented
Status: Active » Fixed

true to both 2 & 3 -- I think i was getting stuck on the word "obsolete" which implies 'don't bother to take over' or 'no new maintainer sought' to me.

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gregarios commented

I think i was getting stuck on the word "obsolete" which implies 'don't bother to take over' or 'no new maintainer sought' to me.

Yes, it was originally marked "obsolete" and I felt like my car was being repo'd. ;-) This module is far from obsolete. I don't think a module should be obsolete just because the owner wants you to use some other module. It should be obsolete when there is no use for the module anymore. ;-)

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.