TL;DR  I am planning to orphan Java packages listed below soon after
Fedora 29 GA. Let me know if you want to adopt any of them.

I'm in the process of transitioning maintenance of all software to
modules only. The reason is that module maintenance is much easier
compared to maintenance of non-modular, "ursine" packages. Starting from
Fedora 29 modules are first-class citizens, so I am finally able to
orphan ursine packages that are already available in modules.

Ideally these packages should be retired instead of orphaning them, but
these packages are build-required by a lot of other things.
Unfortunately as of today modules can't be used as build-requires of
ursine packages and I'm not aware of any plans to change that. Therefore
I will let interested parties take maintenance of orphaned packages, or
else let release engineering figure out how to retire them without
breaking the whole distro.

I decided to start with the following subset of ursine packages for
which I am listed as PoC. Until Fedora 29 GA I will be providing all
updates and fixes to these packages in all active +*release branches.
After Fedora 29 GA I will orphan these packages, but I will keep
providing important bugfixes for Fedora 27 and Fedora 28. After Fedora
28 EOL I will not maintain these packages in release (non-arbitrary)
branches at all - I will maintain only corresponding modules.

If you want to adopt any of these packages, please let me know and I
will happily transfer them to you.


Packages orphan:
ant
ant-contrib
aopalliance
apache-commons-beanutils
apache-commons-collections
apache-commons-compress
apache-commons-io
apache-commons-jxpath
apache-commons-lang
apache-commons-lang3
apache-commons-logging
apache-commons-net
apache-ivy
apache-parent
apache-resource-bundles
aqute-bnd
atinject
bcel
beust-jcommander
bsf
bsh
byaccj
cal10n
easymock
exec-maven-plugin
felix-osgi-core
felix-utils
geronimo-jms
geronimo-jpa
geronimo-parent-poms
glassfish-jsp-api
google-guice
guava20
hawtjni
httpcomponents-client
httpcomponents-core
httpcomponents-project
jakarta-commons-httpclient
jansi
jansi-native
javacc
javacc-maven-plugin
javamail
javapackages-tools
javassist
jaxen
jdepend
jdependency
jflex
jsoup
junit
jvnet-parent
maven
maven-antrun-plugin
maven-archiver
maven-artifact-resolver
maven-artifact-transfer
maven-assembly-plugin
maven-clean-plugin
maven-compiler-plugin
maven-dependency-analyzer
maven-dependency-plugin
maven-dependency-tree
maven-doxia
maven-doxia-sitetools
maven-enforcer
maven-file-management
maven-filtering
maven-invoker
maven-jar-plugin
maven-parent
maven-plugin-build-helper
maven-plugin-bundle
maven-plugins-pom
maven-plugin-testing
maven-plugin-tools
maven-reporting-api
maven-reporting-impl
maven-resolver
maven-script-interpreter
maven-shade-plugin
maven-shared-incremental
maven-shared-io
maven-shared-utils
maven-source-plugin
maven-surefire
maven-verifier
maven-wagon
modello
mojo-parent
munge-maven-plugin
objectweb-pom
osgi-compendium
osgi-core
os-maven-plugin
plexus-ant-factory
plexus-archiver
plexus-bsh-factory
plexus-classworlds
plexus-cli
plexus-compiler
plexus-component-factories-pom
plexus-components-pom
plexus-containers
plexus-i18n
plexus-interactivity
plexus-interpolation
plexus-io
plexus-languages
plexus-resources
plexus-utils
plexus-velocity
qdox
regexp
sisu
sisu-mojos
slf4j
sonatype-oss-parent
sonatype-plugins-parent
velocity
xalan-j2
xbean
xmvn
xz-java

Maintainers by package:
ant                  akurtakov jcapik kdaniel mizdebsk msrb
ant-contrib          davidcl mizdebsk
aopalliance          mizdebsk
apache-commons-beanutils fnasser mizdebsk spike
apache-commons-collections jcapik mizdebsk
apache-commons-compress mizdebsk spike
apache-commons-io    mizdebsk spike
apache-commons-jxpath fnasser mizdebsk spike
apache-commons-lang  mizdebsk spike
apache-commons-lang3 mizdebsk
apache-commons-logging kdaniel mizdebsk spike
apache-commons-net   mizdebsk spike
apache-ivy           mizdebsk
apache-parent        mizdebsk
apache-resource-bundles mizdebsk
aqute-bnd            jcapik mizdebsk
atinject             kdaniel mizdebsk
bcel                 mizdebsk
beust-jcommander     jcapik mizdebsk
bsf                  choeger mizdebsk
bsh                  mizdebsk
byaccj               akurtakov dbhole mizdebsk
cal10n               mizdebsk
easymock             akurtakov ctubbsii dbhole fnasser mizdebsk
exec-maven-plugin    mizdebsk
felix-osgi-core      jcapik mizdebsk
felix-utils          jcapik mizdebsk
geronimo-jms         mizdebsk
geronimo-jpa         lef mizdebsk
geronimo-parent-poms mizdebsk
glassfish-jsp-api    kdaniel mizdebsk
google-guice         mizdebsk
guava20              mizdebsk
hawtjni              gil goldmann mizdebsk
httpcomponents-client jerboaa kdaniel mizdebsk
httpcomponents-core  jerboaa kdaniel mizdebsk
httpcomponents-project mizdebsk
jakarta-commons-httpclient dbhole ke4qqq mizdebsk
jansi                goldmann mizdebsk
jansi-native         goldmann mizdebsk
javacc               jcapik mizdebsk
javacc-maven-plugin  jcapik mizdebsk
javamail             mizdebsk
javapackages-tools   mizdebsk msrb
javassist            john5342 mizdebsk
jaxen                mizdebsk
jdepend              goldmann jcapik mizdebsk
jdependency          mizdebsk
jflex                jcapik mizdebsk
jsoup                jcapik mizdebsk
junit                kdaniel mizdebsk
jvnet-parent         mizdebsk
maven                akurtakov jamielinux mizdebsk msrb
maven-antrun-plugin  mizdebsk
maven-archiver       akurtakov mizdebsk
maven-artifact-resolver mizdebsk
maven-artifact-transfer mizdebsk
maven-assembly-plugin gil huwang jcapik mizdebsk
maven-clean-plugin   mizdebsk
maven-compiler-plugin mizdebsk
maven-dependency-analyzer mizdebsk
maven-dependency-plugin mizdebsk
maven-dependency-tree mizdebsk
maven-doxia          akurtakov mef mizdebsk
maven-doxia-sitetools akurtakov dbhole mizdebsk
maven-enforcer       jcapik mizdebsk
maven-file-management mizdebsk
maven-filtering      mizdebsk
maven-invoker        mizdebsk
maven-jar-plugin     mizdebsk
maven-parent         mizdebsk
maven-plugin-build-helper mizdebsk
maven-plugin-bundle  jcapik mizdebsk
maven-plugin-testing jcapik mizdebsk yyang
maven-plugin-tools   jcapik mizdebsk yyang
maven-plugins-pom    mizdebsk
maven-reporting-api  mizdebsk
maven-reporting-impl mizdebsk
maven-resolver       mizdebsk
maven-script-interpreter mizdebsk
maven-shade-plugin   jcapik mizdebsk pingou
maven-shared-incremental mizdebsk
maven-shared-io      mizdebsk
maven-shared-utils   mizdebsk
maven-source-plugin  mizdebsk
maven-surefire       akurtakov jcapik mizdebsk
maven-verifier       mizdebsk
maven-wagon          akurtakov dbhole fnasser jcapik mizdebsk yyang
modello              fnasser mizdebsk yyang
mojo-parent          mizdebsk
munge-maven-plugin   mizdebsk
objectweb-pom        mizdebsk
os-maven-plugin      ctubbsii mizdebsk
osgi-compendium      mizdebsk
osgi-core            mizdebsk
plexus-ant-factory   mizdebsk
plexus-archiver      dbhole jcapik mizdebsk
plexus-bsh-factory   mizdebsk
plexus-classworlds   dbhole fnasser mizdebsk
plexus-cli           mizdebsk
plexus-compiler      mizdebsk
plexus-component-factories-pom mizdebsk
plexus-components-pom mizdebsk
plexus-containers    dbhole fnasser mizdebsk yyang
plexus-i18n          dbhole jcapik mizdebsk
plexus-interactivity mizdebsk
plexus-interpolation gil jcapik mizdebsk
plexus-io            jcapik mizdebsk
plexus-languages     mizdebsk
plexus-resources     jcapik mizdebsk
plexus-utils         fnasser mizdebsk
plexus-velocity      jcapik mizdebsk
qdox                 mizdebsk
regexp               mizdebsk
sisu                 mizdebsk
sisu-mojos           mizdebsk
slf4j                mizdebsk
sonatype-oss-parent  mizdebsk
sonatype-plugins-parent mizdebsk
velocity             devrim mizdebsk
xalan-j2             kdaniel mizdebsk
xbean                kdaniel mizdebsk
xmvn                 mizdebsk msrb
xz-java              kdaniel mizdebsk

Packages by maintainer:
akurtakov  ant byaccj easymock maven maven-archiver maven-doxia
maven-doxia-sitetools maven-surefire maven-wagon
choeger    bsf
ctubbsii   easymock os-maven-plugin
davidcl    ant-contrib
dbhole     byaccj easymock jakarta-commons-httpclient
maven-doxia-sitetools maven-wagon plexus-archiver plexus-classworlds
plexus-containers plexus-i18n
devrim     velocity
fnasser    apache-commons-beanutils apache-commons-jxpath easymock
maven-wagon modello plexus-classworlds plexus-containers plexus-utils
gil        hawtjni maven-assembly-plugin plexus-interpolation
goldmann   hawtjni jansi jansi-native jdepend
huwang     maven-assembly-plugin
jamielinux maven
jcapik     ant apache-commons-collections aqute-bnd beust-jcommander
felix-osgi-core felix-utils javacc javacc-maven-plugin jdepend jflex
jsoup maven-assembly-plugin maven-enforcer maven-plugin-bundle
maven-plugin-testing maven-plugin-tools maven-shade-plugin
maven-surefire maven-wagon plexus-archiver plexus-i18n
plexus-interpolation plexus-io plexus-resources plexus-velocity
jerboaa    httpcomponents-client httpcomponents-core
john5342   javassist
kdaniel    ant apache-commons-logging atinject glassfish-jsp-api
httpcomponents-client httpcomponents-core junit xalan-j2 xbean xz-java
ke4qqq     jakarta-commons-httpclient
lef        geronimo-jpa
mef        maven-doxia
mizdebsk   ant ant-contrib aopalliance apache-commons-beanutils
apache-commons-collections apache-commons-compress apache-commons-io
apache-commons-jxpath apache-commons-lang apache-commons-lang3
apache-commons-logging apache-commons-net apache-ivy apache-parent
apache-resource-bundles aqute-bnd atinject bcel beust-jcommander bsf bsh
byaccj cal10n easymock exec-maven-plugin felix-osgi-core felix-utils
geronimo-jms geronimo-jpa geronimo-parent-poms glassfish-jsp-api
google-guice guava20 hawtjni httpcomponents-client httpcomponents-core
httpcomponents-project jakarta-commons-httpclient jansi jansi-native
javacc javacc-maven-plugin javamail javapackages-tools javassist jaxen
jdepend jdependency jflex jsoup junit jvnet-parent maven
maven-antrun-plugin maven-archiver maven-artifact-resolver
maven-artifact-transfer maven-assembly-plugin maven-clean-plugin
maven-compiler-plugin maven-dependency-analyzer maven-dependency-plugin
maven-dependency-tree maven-doxia maven-doxia-sitetools maven-enforcer
maven-file-management maven-filtering maven-invoker maven-jar-plugin
maven-parent maven-plugin-build-helper maven-plugin-bundle
maven-plugin-testing maven-plugin-tools maven-plugins-pom
maven-reporting-api maven-reporting-impl maven-resolver
maven-script-interpreter maven-shade-plugin maven-shared-incremental
maven-shared-io maven-shared-utils maven-source-plugin maven-surefire
maven-verifier maven-wagon modello mojo-parent munge-maven-plugin
objectweb-pom os-maven-plugin osgi-compendium osgi-core
plexus-ant-factory plexus-archiver plexus-bsh-factory plexus-classworlds
plexus-cli plexus-compiler plexus-component-factories-pom
plexus-components-pom plexus-containers plexus-i18n plexus-interactivity
plexus-interpolation plexus-io plexus-languages plexus-resources
plexus-utils plexus-velocity qdox regexp sisu sisu-mojos slf4j
sonatype-oss-parent sonatype-plugins-parent velocity xalan-j2 xbean xmvn
xz-java
msrb       ant javapackages-tools maven xmvn
pingou     maven-shade-plugin
spike      apache-commons-beanutils apache-commons-compress
apache-commons-io apache-commons-jxpath apache-commons-lang
apache-commons-logging apache-commons-net
yyang      maven-plugin-testing maven-plugin-tools maven-wagon modello
plexus-containers

--
Mikolaj Izdebski
Senior Software Engineer, Red Hat
IRC: mizdebsk
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