Deprecate this package and archive the gihtub repository

[tbouffard]

@hungtcs hi, I have seen that you have just cut a new 1.0.5 release which fixes backported from https://github.com/typed-mxgraph/typed-mxgraph, which is nice for users like me we are still using mxgraph-type-definitions.

However, as you mentioned few months ago in https://github.com/typed-mxgraph/typed-mxgraph/issues/1#issuecomment-692481220 that you don't have much time working on mxgraph types (and me neither), I would suggest that we stop updating mxgraph-type-definitions starting from now.

Most contributions are now done in typed-mxgraph which is a sign that the new repository is gaining more popularity. Stopping mxgraph-type-definitions would also redirect more people to typed-mxgraph. Backporting changes is a painful, time consuming and quite a boring task: this is too much work for a small community like ours.

My suggestions to properly stop mxgraph-type-definitions

[feel free to add/remove any elements here]

The following mxgraph-type-definitions resources may be backported to typed-mxgraph

• documentation
  • README explanations about Progress and links
  • helpers scripts
• tests file:
  • I have added a test.ts file as suggested by DefinitivelyTyped to validate some fixed definitions and demonstrate the type usage: https://github.com/hungtcs/mxgraph-type-definitions/blob/e472e593061294606432071723b43b1adf3d7169/test.ts
  • I am not sure if this brings values or if it is a pain, so if it deserves to be preserved in typed-mxgraph

The actual deperecation

• add a clear statement in the README
• npm package deprecation: https://docs.npmjs.com/deprecating-and-undeprecating-packages-or-package-versions
• optionally pin this issue
• archive the repository

[hungtcs]

Hi @tbouffard, if you decide to migrate to typed-mxgraph, I will archive this repository and deprecate mxgraph-type-definitions package. I will start to perform these steps next.