Thanks Andy - it might also make sense to wait another week or so before merging this to allow others a chance to respond, especially given the high likelihood of vacations this time of year
Andrew On Tue, Jul 29, 2025 at 10:49 AM Andy Grove <andygrov...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for the feedback so far. > > Here is a PR to add a warning that the project is no longer maintained: > https://github.com/apache/datafusion-ray/pull/88 > > Once this is merged, I will archive the repo. > > On Tue, Jul 29, 2025 at 4:06 AM Xuanwo <xua...@apache.org> wrote: > > > > Since it is a subproject of DataFusion, maybe we can just archive the > > repo > > > with a note saying it is not undergoing active development anymore and > > > direct questions to the mailing list / other github locations > > > > I completely agree with this approach. > > > > > Also, since all the software is Apache licensed, if someone wanted to > > work > > > on it for a while there is no reason they couldn't fork the project > > (either > > > in datafusion-contrib or elsewhere) and keep working on it. > > > > Yeah, one thing to add is the new project can't be called > `datafusion-ray` > > again. > > > > On Tue, Jul 29, 2025, at 18:00, Andrew Lamb wrote: > > > Since it is a subproject of DataFusion, maybe we can just archive the > > repo > > > with a note saying it is not undergoing active development anymore and > > > direct questions to the mailing list / other github locations > > > > > > Also, since all the software is Apache licensed, if someone wanted to > > work > > > on it for a while there is no reason they couldn't fork the project > > (either > > > in datafusion-contrib or elsewhere) and keep working on it. > > > > > > Andrew > > > > > > On Tue, Jul 29, 2025 at 2:12 AM Xuanwo <xua...@apache.org> wrote: > > > > > >> Hi, > > >> > > >> I agree that we should take steps to actively update the project > status. > > >> > > >> However, this project has already been donated to the ASF, so I don't > > >> think moving it back is an option. > > >> > > >> IMO, the more practical approach is to request archiving the project > as > > it > > >> stands. If at least three people want to work on it in the future, > they > > can > > >> reactivate it when needed. > > >> > > >> On Mon, Jul 28, 2025, at 23:57, Andrew Lamb wrote: > > >> > I agree moving it back to contrib makes sense unless we can find a > new > > >> > champion to help drive it forward within the official repositories. > > >> > > > >> > On Mon, Jul 28, 2025 at 8:40 AM Andy Grove <andygrov...@gmail.com> > > >> wrote: > > >> > > > >> >> The DataFusion Ray project [1] originated in datafusion-contrib and > > was > > >> >> donated to the Apache DataFusion project in September of last year. > > >> >> There was a period of intense development, primarily driven by a > > single > > >> >> contributor, during which the project underwent a significant > > rewrite. > > >> >> Unfortunately, the project has now been abandoned. The last commit > > was > > >> >> almost four months ago, and the main contributor is now working on > a > > new > > >> >> distributed DataFusion project, which will soon be available in > > >> >> datafusion-contrib. > > >> >> > > >> >> My opinion is that we should move the DataFusion Ray repository > back > > to > > >> >> datafusion-contrib at this time. > > >> >> > > >> >> I would like to hear thoughts from the community. > > >> >> > > >> >> Thanks, > > >> >> > > >> >> Andy. > > >> >> > > >> >> [1] https://github.com/apache/datafusion-ray > > >> >> > > >> > > >> -- > > >> Xuanwo > > >> > > >> https://xuanwo.io/ > > >> > > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@datafusion.apache.org > > >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@datafusion.apache.org > > >> > > >> > > > > -- > > Xuanwo > > > > https://xuanwo.io/ > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@datafusion.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@datafusion.apache.org > > > > >
