Getting to a resolution here would be great and much appreciated, yes. On Sat, May 27, 2023 at 1:03 AM Salva Alcántara <salcantara...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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> >>>>> >>>>
