top | item 37468259 Why do people archive their projects on GitHub instead of leaving it open? 3 points| AdityaSanthosh | 2 years ago Just wanted to know if there's any reason beside the obvious 2 comments order hn newest whatamidoingyo|2 years ago It signifies that the project is no longer being maintained.> You can archive a repository to make it read-only for all users and indicate that it's no longer actively maintained. You can also unarchive repositories that have been archived.https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/archiving-a-github-r... WallyFunk|2 years ago Some repos are deliberately 'frozen in time' for posterity purposes
whatamidoingyo|2 years ago It signifies that the project is no longer being maintained.> You can archive a repository to make it read-only for all users and indicate that it's no longer actively maintained. You can also unarchive repositories that have been archived.https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/archiving-a-github-r...
whatamidoingyo|2 years ago
> You can archive a repository to make it read-only for all users and indicate that it's no longer actively maintained. You can also unarchive repositories that have been archived.
https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/archiving-a-github-r...
WallyFunk|2 years ago