# \[Vote ended on 2024-03-23\] Removing officially unmaintained collections **URL:** \ **Category:** Project Discussions\ **Tags:** community-wg\ **Created:** [March 4, 2024, 4:42pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vote-ended-on-2024-03-23-removing-officially-unmaintained-collections/4204 "2024-03-04T16:42:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mariolenz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/mariolenz/32/108_2.png) [@mariolenz](https://forum.ansible.com/u/mariolenz)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2024, 4:42pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vote-ended-on-2024-03-23-removing-officially-unmaintained-collections/4204/1 "2024-03-04T16:42:30Z")
I would like to (re-) open the discussion about removing collections that have been officially deprecated by their maintainers. In this case, I think 1. we should remove the collection ASAP (that is, in the next major release) 2. we should simplify the process and _not_ vote on this… I mean, the collection is **officially** unmaintained You can find my suggestion [here](https://github.com/ansible-collections/overview/pull/214). ---
**Author:** ![mariolenz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/mariolenz/32/108_2.png) [@mariolenz](https://forum.ansible.com/u/mariolenz)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 5:13pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vote-ended-on-2024-03-23-removing-officially-unmaintained-collections/4204/2 "2024-03-11T17:13:52Z")
[@SteeringCommittee](https://forum.ansible.com/groups/steeringcommittee) I think it’s about time to start a vote on this. The options are quite simply to either accept or reject the PR. I plan to start the the vote during / soon after the next community meeting (or maybe on Thursday) and close it Saturday next week. This should give people enough time to vote. ---
**Author:** ![mariolenz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/mariolenz/32/108_2.png) [@mariolenz](https://forum.ansible.com/u/mariolenz)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2024, 7:35pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vote-ended-on-2024-03-23-removing-officially-unmaintained-collections/4204/3 "2024-03-13T19:35:38Z")
Let’s start a vote on this. The options are quite simple: Merge or don’t merge. _Poll ([view on site](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vote-ended-on-2024-03-23-removing-officially-unmaintained-collections/4204/3))_ _Poll ([view on site](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vote-ended-on-2024-03-23-removing-officially-unmaintained-collections/4204/3))_ ---
**Author:** ![mariolenz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/mariolenz/32/108_2.png) [@mariolenz](https://forum.ansible.com/u/mariolenz)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 4:18pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vote-ended-on-2024-03-23-removing-officially-unmaintained-collections/4204/4 "2024-03-22T16:18:30Z")
@gundalow @acozine @cassell @gotmax23 @ssbarnea @thaumos Please remember to vote, it’s closing soon! ---
**Author:** ![mariolenz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/mariolenz/32/108_2.png) [@mariolenz](https://forum.ansible.com/u/mariolenz)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2024, 1:18pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vote-ended-on-2024-03-23-removing-officially-unmaintained-collections/4204/5 "2024-03-23T13:18:22Z")
The vote ended today. 9 SC members voted so we’ve reached the quorum. 8 SC members voted on merging my PR, one voted against it. Additionally, there were also also 7 votes from the community with 6 pro and 1 con vote. So, all in all, the vote to merge [Remove officially unmaintained collections](https://github.com/ansible-collections/overview/pull/214) has been accepted.