Hey Galen, I took a look at StateFun some time ago; not using it in production but I agree that it would be a pity to abandon it.
As Martijn said, let's be clear on what lies ahead (what option is finally picked) and how to contribute (if possible) moving forward. Regards, Salva On Sat, May 27, 2023 at 4:05 AM Galen Warren via user <user@flink.apache.org> wrote: > Ok, I get it. No interest. > > If this project is being abandoned, I guess I'll work with my own fork. Is > there anything I should consider here? Can I share it with other people who > use this project? > > On Tue, May 16, 2023 at 10:50 AM Galen Warren <ga...@cvillewarrens.com> > wrote: > >> Hi Martijn, since you opened this discussion thread, I'm curious what >> your thoughts are in light of the responses? Thanks. >> >> On Wed, Apr 19, 2023 at 1:21 PM Galen Warren <ga...@cvillewarrens.com> >> wrote: >> >>> I use Apache Flink for stream processing, and StateFun as a hand-off >>>> point for the rest of the application. >>>> It serves well as a bridge between a Flink Streaming job and >>>> micro-services. >>> >>> >>> This is essentially how I use it as well, and I would also be sad to see >>> it sunsetted. It works well; I don't know that there is a lot of new >>> development required, but if there are no new Statefun releases, then >>> Statefun can only be used with older Flink versions. >>> >>> On Tue, Apr 18, 2023 at 10:04 PM Marco Villalobos < >>> mvillalo...@kineteque.com> wrote: >>> >>>> I am currently using Stateful Functions in my application. >>>> >>>> I use Apache Flink for stream processing, and StateFun as a hand-off >>>> point for the rest of the application. >>>> It serves well as a bridge between a Flink Streaming job and >>>> micro-services. >>>> >>>> I would be disappointed if StateFun was sunsetted. Its a good idea. >>>> >>>> If there is anything I can do to help, as a contributor perhaps, please >>>> let me know. >>>> >>>> > On Apr 3, 2023, at 2:02 AM, Martijn Visser <martijnvis...@apache.org> >>>> wrote: >>>> > >>>> > Hi everyone, >>>> > >>>> > I want to open a discussion on the status of the Statefun Project [1] >>>> in Apache Flink. As you might have noticed, there hasn't been much >>>> development over the past months in the Statefun repository [2]. There is >>>> currently a lack of active contributors and committers who are able to help >>>> with the maintenance of the project. >>>> > >>>> > In order to improve the situation, we need to solve the lack of >>>> committers and the lack of contributors. >>>> > >>>> > On the lack of committers: >>>> > >>>> > 1. Ideally, there are some of the current Flink committers who have >>>> the bandwidth and can help with reviewing PRs and merging them. >>>> > 2. If that's not an option, it could be a consideration that current >>>> committers only approve and review PRs, that are approved by those who are >>>> willing to contribute to Statefun and if the CI passes >>>> > >>>> > On the lack of contributors: >>>> > >>>> > 3. Next to having this discussion on the Dev and User mailing list, >>>> we can also create a blog with a call for new contributors on the Flink >>>> project website, send out some tweets on the Flink / Statefun twitter >>>> accounts, post messages on Slack etc. In that message, we would inform how >>>> those that are interested in contributing can start and where they could >>>> reach out for more information. >>>> > >>>> > There's also option 4. where a group of interested people would split >>>> Statefun from the Flink project and make it a separate top level project >>>> under the Apache Flink umbrella (similar as recently has happened with >>>> Flink Table Store, which has become Apache Paimon). >>>> > >>>> > If we see no improvements in the coming period, we should consider >>>> sunsetting Statefun and communicate that clearly to the users. >>>> > >>>> > I'm looking forward to your thoughts. >>>> > >>>> > Best regards, >>>> > >>>> > Martijn >>>> > >>>> > [1] https://nightlies.apache.org/flink/flink-statefun-docs-master/ < >>>> https://nightlies.apache.org/flink/flink-statefun-docs-master/> >>>> > [2] https://github.com/apache/flink-statefun < >>>> https://github.com/apache/flink-statefun> >>>> >>>
