David Steele, maintainer of the popular pgBackRest backup and restore project for PostgreSQL, h [...]

cross-posted from: https://lemy.lol/post/64720674

David Steele, maintainer of the popular pgBackRest backup and restore project for PostgreSQL, has archived the project and announced that it is no longer being maintained.

After a lot of thought, I have decided to stop working on pgBackRest. I did not come to this decision lightly. pgBackRest has been my passion project for the last thirteen years, and I was fortunate to have corporate sponsorship for much of this time, but there were also many late nights and weekends as I worked to make pgBackRest the project it is today, aided by numerous contributors. Every open-source developer knows exactly what I mean and how much of your life gets devoted to a special project.

Since Crunchy Data was sold, I have been maintaining pgBackRest and looking for a position that would allow me to continue the work, but so far I have not been successful. Likewise, my efforts to secure sponsorship have also fallen far short of what I need to make the project viable.

  • francisco_1844OPAEnglish
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    21 hours ago

    I think similar scenarios probably happen often with other backup software. If an author spends too much time on a project, then the project needs to make money for the author. The most common options, which this particular author tried, are to find a job that allows the author to work on the software or to get donations / sponsorship.

    I have nothing but respect for an author that makes this hard choice instead of letting the software they have poured their heart and soul die a slow death.