Hello, Raising this as new thread -so it is more noticeable. I wanted to raise a concern around the http connector. I am aware that there are many Flink connectors and only some of them have released versions for Flink 1.20 and even less work with Flink 2.0. I do not want this to be the fate of the http connector.
In order to avoid this and to have a healthy connector going forward, I think we need the interested parties to have write access to this repository[1]. Specifically, we should grandfather in the GetInData committers (full disclosure I am one of these committers) as committers for this repository. This would mean there would be motivated , interested people who would be responsible (and accountable) to improve, fix and release this connector. How might we justify this, as the people are unknown to the Flink community: * We have already accepted the connector with their work in as a Flink contribution * We will bring in the commits in the git history so these could be viewed as Apache contributions. * Is there a risk in doing this? Yes, but I think there is a bigger risk in not doing this. It seems to be a choice between a viable community around this repo or another under resourced connector repo, with existing Flink committers not being familiar or motivated to spend time with the repo. So merging in PRs and creating releases will not be done in a timely way. In the spirit of community over code, I think we should bring in the GetInData committers as Flink committers, enhancing the community to ensure that this is a healthy connector going forward and it gets the love it deserves! Other connectors that are not getting Flink 1.20 and v2 releases will also need a group of committers to ensure that they get released; if there is not an identifiable group of people to keep these connectors healthy, I suggest we look to mothball (remove the docs from Flink master) these connectors until such time that there are committers that can support them. Also, I like the idea[2] Danny raised. We can try this with the HTTP connector. Thoughts? Kind regards, David. [1] https://github.com/apache/flink-connector-http [2] https://lists.apache.org/thread/byy8fgkr8dbrrdv2nxpxkrz18h904r9b Unless otherwise stated above: IBM United Kingdom Limited Registered in England and Wales with number 741598 Registered office: Building C, IBM Hursley Office, Hursley Park Road, Winchester, Hampshire SO21 2JN
