# Should ownership of XLSX.jl transfer to JuliaData?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/should-ownership-of-xlsx-jl-transfer-to-juliadata/135023>\
**Category:** Data\
**Tags:** xlsx\
**Created:** [January 13, 2026, 12:28pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/should-ownership-of-xlsx-jl-transfer-to-juliadata/135023 "2026-01-13T12:28:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![TimG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@TimG](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/TimG)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 4:22pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/should-ownership-of-xlsx-jl-transfer-to-juliadata/135023/8 "2026-01-13T16:22:48Z")

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> [@Tamas\_Papp](#):
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> that’s not a long time in FOSS

OK. I can see I may be a little impatient. I’m a relatively new contributor in the FOSS world and obviously haven’t yet properly calibrated what _seems_ a long time to me to what actually is a long time in reality. 😉

> [@kellertuer](#):
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> in the end it is Felipes decision

Presumably, this is only true up to a point. In the end, we might agree that [the community should take ownership](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-package-orphanage/130554) of the package. We just aren’t at that point yet.

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