Angular-oauth2-oidc: Is this repository dead?

[kneefer]

Are there any plans to return @manfredsteyer?

We consider switching to alternative OIDC libraries seeing how this year contribution looks like.

To be clear - I totally understand your priorities may change and GitHub project is not the most important thing in the world 😄 but it's hard for me to not regret the best available OIDC Angular library is gradually losing its audience because of becoming out of date 😢

[bechhansen]

Thank you for asking this question @kneefer so I don't have to do it 😄
I have had the same consideration for a while. I have had two pull requests lying around since December without any sign of getting them pulled. There is no plan for when the next release will come. I have asked @manfredsteyer for at status multiple times, without getting an answer.

I think it might be time to fork this project, leave if for dead, and get a fresh start.

I think the project need a bit of work and would like to:

• Make a fixed quarterly release plan including planned release candidates.
• Introduce Semantic Versioning (https://semver.org/)
• Update Angular project structure to use more moderne way to build library
• Introduce CI and CD
• Introduce git flow
• Bump major version and remove legacy code used for backwards compatibility
• Refactoring of library configuration (Maybe use builder pattern)
• Refactor main class to smaller classes.
• Find a new name to not get people confused by the old project

[asmolenic]

@kneefer , @bechhansen , @mathieubruguier
I do applaud the initiative but I don't think @manfredsteyer has any plans to abandon this project. To my knowledge he is a busy person who is actively speaking at international conferences. The repository has been a little dormant before but as soon as @manfredsteyer cleared his schedule a bit he went through all open issues and PRs in just a few days which lead to the latest major version. I for one will have patience.

[manfredsteyer]

Thanks for sharing your concerns here. I plan a new release for Angular 6:

• Support for Angular 6
• Support for Angular 6 CLI and Libraries (makes my life and the contributor's life easier)
• Support for Schematics (ng add and ng update)
• Fixing some of the issues outlined here
• Merging some of the PRs

I will also publish some info for the release cycle. It will probably be a half year cycle aligning with new major releases of Angular.