Deprecation and Archiving

Apache Cordova's Deprecation Policy defines why, when and how Cordova projects are deprecated and archived. These are the steps to be taken by a contributor to “execute” such an deprecation:

Deprecating or Archiving a Repository

1. Vote

Similar to other important decisions, Apache Cordova uses a voting process on deprecations and archiving of components. If you intend to deprecate or archive a component or repository, send an email to the appropriate mailing list describing the intended action and start a vote on it.

Only proceed if the vote succeeds.

2. Document deprecation in deprecated.md of apache/cordova

Document the deprecation of the component in deprecated.md of apache/cordova. You can include information as the the reason for deprecation, a link to the deprecation announcement, links to vital forks, alternatives etc.

3. Make changes in README.md

Add the Deprecation Notice Template to the README.md of the project. Make sure the template is adapted to the specific component as described.

4. Archiving only: Close Issues and Pull Requests

As archiving will make Issues and Pull Requests read only, it is common and suggested by GitHub to clean up issues and pull requests before archiving a repository. If there are open issues or PRs with the component's repository, please close them with the suggested Issue and Pull Request closing text or similar.

5. Request GitHub repository changes from Apache INFRA

A PMC member has to open an issue with Apache INFRA to request changes to a GitHub repository.

For deprecation:

  1. Make sure the deprecation notice is in README.md and contains all information.
  2. Open an issue and request that the repository description is prefixed with [DEPRECATED] .

For archiving:

  1. Make sure the deprecation notice is in README.md and contains all information.
  2. Make sure there are no more open Issues and Pull Requests for this repository.
  3. Open an issue and request that
    a) the repository description is prefixed with [DEPRECATED] and
    b) the repository is archived on GitHub.

6. Announce

Announce the successful execution of all deprecation and/or archiving actions to your fellow Apache Cordova PMC members and developers on the appropriate mailing list. Thanks!

Templates

Deprecation Notice

This template is to be used in the README.md of depreacted components. The “Learn more” link should be customized to link to the corresponding headline in deprecated.md of apache/cordova (replace xyz with the correct link anchor).

📌 Deprecation Notice

This repository is deprecated and no more work will be done on this by Apache Cordova. You can continue to use this and it should work as-is but any future issues will not be fixed by the Cordova community.

Feel free to fork this repository and improve your fork. Existing forks are listed in Network and Forks.

Markdown

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📌 **Deprecation Notice**

This repository is deprecated and no more work will be done on this by Apache Cordova. You can continue to use this and it should work as-is but any future issues will not be fixed by the Cordova community.

Feel free to fork this repository and improve your fork. Existing forks are listed in [Network](../../network) and [Forks](../../network/members).

- Learn more: https://github.com/apache/cordova/blob/master/deprecated.md#xyz
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Suggested Issue and Pull Request closing text

We are archiving this repository following Apache Cordova's Deprecation Policy. We will not continue to work on this repository. Therefore all issues and pull requests are being closed. Thanks for your contribution.

Markdown

We are archiving this repository following [Apache Cordova's Deprecation Policy](https://cordova.apache.org/deprecation_policy.html). We will not continue to work on this repository. Therefore all issues and pull requests are being closed. Thanks for your contribution.