On 5. Oct 2026, at 11:27, Alexander Fedorov via technology-pmc <technology-pmc@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
However, let me point out the difference between an
arbitrary Eclipse project and Eclipse Babel:
Eclipse Babel is more a service project since it provides fragments
with translated strings from other projects, so its own
functionality may not need any notable evolution and this may be one
of the reasons for low activity in mailing list and other places.
Can you point to an active service the project is providing that is still operational? Assuming it was
https://babel.eclipse.org/ and ran on a v-server, such server was terminated in 2024 without a replacement. I believe the infrastructure was shut down affectively in 2024.
Please note that I do emphasize with this being a big loss. However, a termination is not a deletion. It can be undone when someone steps up and is willing to do the work. That doesn't require us doing a full stop here and wait. If it's viable it should be resumed in an active project.
-Gunnar
