Official status of metalsmith?

[webketje]

Hi,

Enjoying the simplicity/ ease of use of this project. But what is its official status?
The 18 open pull requests and 39 issues as well as multiple npm "vulnerabilities" in metalsmith plugins doesn't give a great impression. Is it being maintained at all? I still see value in this project and find it the simplest of all static site builders (in fact I just migrated my Jekyll gh-pages to metalsmith).

See also #243 & #288

[ismay]

Hi Webketje,

Thanks! As a longtime user of metalsmith and maintainer of a couple of metalsmith plugins I can say that there's plenty of active maintenance. As the ecosystem of metalsmith plugins isn't controlled by us the maintainers are in charge of the plugins. So for questions about individual plugins it's best to ask their maintainers directly.

For some modules we're waiting on npm publishing rights from segment, which is why certain things haven't been released yet. So in general: yes, it's an actively maintained project. Help is always welcome of course, so if you see anything that you think should be improved feel free to open issues & pr's!

I'll close this issue as I hope this answers your question, if not feel free to ask!

[nikolowry]

@ismay any insight as to why a new release hasn't happened since 6596912? Is there nothing in the last 70 commits that a user running npm i metalsmith@latest wouldn't benefit from?

[ismay]

I'm not sure if @woodyrew has publishing rights for the core package already. I think that that's the main holdup.

[ismay]

Personally I think that metalsmith as a project would also look better if segment's metalsmith related packages were transferred to the metalsmith org. We've been maintaining them diligently so it's not like we'd have anything but the best intentions for the project. But it seems segment does not share that sentiment.