# \[Call for Maintainers\] JuliaAstro packages: AstroBase.jl, AstroTime.jl, EarthOrientation.jl, ERFA.jl, SPICE.jl

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/call-for-maintainers-juliaastro-packages-astrobase-jl-astrotime-jl-earthorientation-jl-erfa-jl-spice-jl/110402>\
**Category:** Astro/Space\
**Created:** [February 19, 2024, 1:35pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/call-for-maintainers-juliaastro-packages-astrobase-jl-astrotime-jl-earthorientation-jl-erfa-jl-spice-jl/110402 "2024-02-19T13:35:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![helgee](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/helgee/32/2022_2.png) [@helgee](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/helgee)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2024, 1:35pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/call-for-maintainers-juliaastro-packages-astrobase-jl-astrotime-jl-earthorientation-jl-erfa-jl-spice-jl/110402/1 "2024-02-19T13:35:00Z")

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Hi folks,

Unfortunately, I have come to the conclusion that due to my current life circumstances I will not be able to give the following [JuliaAstro](https://github.com/JuliaAstro) packages the attention that they deserve for the foreseeable future. If anybody is interested in maintaining one of these packages, please let me know by replying here or by sending a DM.  
I’d be happy to introduce prospective maintainers to the code bases and answer questions to the best of my ability.

These are the packages in question:

- [AstroBase](https://github.com/JuliaAstro/AstroBase.jl)
- [AstroTime](https://github.com/JuliaAstro/AstroTime.jl)
- [EarthOrientation.jl](https://github.com/JuliaAstro/EarthOrientation.jl)
- [ERFA](https://github.com/JuliaAstro/ERFA.jl)
- [SPICE](https://github.com/JuliaAstro/SPICE.jl)

If no one is interested, I would like to archive the pure-Julia packages (AstroBase, AstroTime, EarthOrientation) and potentially move them back to my own GH account (CC: @giordano). Since the ERFA and SPICE C libraries move very slowly the Julia wrappers should remain functional with very little maintenance and I would leave them as they are.

Cheers!

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**Author:** ![Abhro](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/abhro/32/220753_2.png) [@Abhro](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Abhro)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2024, 3:31am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/call-for-maintainers-juliaastro-packages-astrobase-jl-astrotime-jl-earthorientation-jl-erfa-jl-spice-jl/110402/2 "2024-05-09T03:31:41Z")

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Hi! I’d like to take up maintenance of AstroTime.jl, for however long I can. Would you like to discuss here or in the DMs on what you’re looking for in a maintainer and/or what their responsibilities would be? Thank you for your time!! (No pun intended lol)