bindings_for_other_languages: List unmaintained.

[samuel-lucas6]

@ektrah mentioned cleaning up the .NET bindings in terms of providing guidance on which ones to use, but I noticed that a lot of the bindings appear to be unmaintained, so I've attempted to classify them. My criteria was whether the library has had any commits in the last year or two and whether the owner has done commits on their account in the last few months in more ambiguous cases.

Some are very clearly unmaintained (e.g. archived, a notice, no response to issues/PRs for years), so at the very least, I think it would be beneficial to have a note in those cases.

[jedisct1]

Thanks a lot!

Sometimes, projects move to a different repository/organization. But it's hard to see track of everything.

We should probably just remove unmaintained entries from the list.

[samuel-lucas6]

We should probably just remove unmaintained entries from the list.

Sounds good to me. Is there specific criteria you'd like me to follow? I don't want to accidentally remove libraries that are being maintained version wise (supporting 1.0.18) but haven't had recent commits. For example, I could remove everything below 1.0.18 and any archived, with a notice, etc. I could also create an issue in some and see if I get a quick reply.

[jedisct1]

Creating an issue and see what maintainers respond (if they do) may be the best way to go.

[samuel-lucas6]

I'm sorry if this filled up your inbox Frank. Hopefully it will make things easier to track. I'll edit this comment when I hear back from people.

Archived before contact

• libsalty
• libstodium
• kalium
• ocaml-sodium
• Pharo/Squeak: Crypto-NaCl (believe I read this was no longer maintained in another repo)
• NaOH

Still/going to be maintained after contact

• erlang-libsodium (in the future)
• sodium-wrapper (in the future)
• Natrium (in the future - says feel free to remove for now)
• natrium-browser (no commits since 2015 - says working as is but will be reassessed later this year)
• Andhell.Crypto (may be in the future - says feel free to remove for now)
• js-nacl (just updated)
• Crypt-Sodium (says feel free to remove to give other bindings priority)
• Tafelsalz (may be in the future - says feel free to remove for now)
• libsodium-ada

Confirmed unmaintained after contact

• libsodium-net
• libsodium-core
• fortium
• datkt / sodium
• php-sodium
• stouset / sodium
• cl-sodium
• libsodium.nim
• chloride
• Robosodium
• sodiumpp
• sodium.nim
• erlang-nacl
• chicken-sodium
• haskell-libsodium
• mruby-libsodium
• guile-nacl

[samuel-lucas6]

There are about 30 maintainers who haven't replied yet. Should we wait another week? Half a week?

[jedisct1]

Thank a ton for that hard work, Samuel, this is fantastic, and very useful for people looking for up-to-date, maintained bindings. Also good to see that some maintainers may update their code after your message :)

We can make the changes to the documentation now, and re-add projects later if you get a response from their maintainer.

[samuel-lucas6]

Just to check, does this look ok to merge @jedisct1? Haven't had any replies recently.

[jedisct1]

Let's do it!