Does anyone know why many connectors got abandoned...
# devv
Victor Babenko
07/28/2025, 8:10 PMDoes anyone know why many connectors got abandoned after 1.18? Looks like even when there are PRs open to update them, there is no one to review them and release updates.
Victor Babenko
07/28/2025, 8:13 PMSpecifically for the Pulsar connector. I saw the same in the ES connector, but it has since been updated apparently.
Victor Babenko
07/28/2025, 8:37 PMThe vendor wrote the connector and contributed it to the Flink project back in 2023, but since then looks like there was no maintainer (?), there are a few PRs with updates to it, but no one reviews them
Victor Babenko
07/28/2025, 8:38 PMI’m trying to understand who maintains the connector repos and is able to do PR reviews and releases of connectors
Victor Babenko
07/28/2025, 8:38 PMSince while it is OSS, and anyone can submit a PR, if there are no maintainers, that makes no difference.