2024-11 Public Service Announcement (PSA) - todo.txt project effectively unmaintained

[clach04]

I'm super grateful for this specification but for anyone who spots problems or has ideas for enhancements, be aware that based on the past few years I believe it unlikely any changes will be merged into the official standard. A number of minor (clarifying) changes that don't fundamentally change the spec have not been merged, hence why I think it unlikely. The original maintainers likely don't have the time/energy to work on this any more.

If you have something cool to share, definitely post here, there are a number of people who are still interested, monitoring, and participating who'll likely be interested in what you have to share.

If you really think you have something new on the standards front, I recommend you fork/make a new standard with a different name to avoid name clashes (you can still retain todo.text compatibility). It's not something to take on likely, you'll likely have a lot of interest 😀. I personally don't have the time/energy to do that.

Definitely read through the existing PRs and issues 😉

Again, thank you to everyone who participates! ❤️ The discussion in issues and PRs has helped me understand a few nuances of the spec that could not be gleaned from the spec as it was initially written.

[hyperupcall]

It definitely possible for this project to get back up and running, but it's not quite there. A month or so there was a bit of activity on the code repository (I have had a few open PRs for at least a year or two now), but not much since. Related issue: #80