Add decommission note

Author: jsumners

README.md

@@ -1,71 +1,34 @@
-# LDAPjs
-
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-
-LDAPjs makes the LDAP protocol a first class citizen in Node.js.
-
-## Usage
-
-For full docs, head on over to <http://ldapjs.org>.
-
-```javascript
-var ldap = require('ldapjs');
-
-var server = ldap.createServer();
-
-server.search('dc=example', function(req, res, next) {
-  var obj = {
-    dn: req.dn.toString(),
-    attributes: {
-      objectclass: ['organization', 'top'],
-      o: 'example'
-    }
-  };
-
-  if (req.filter.matches(obj.attributes))
-  res.send(obj);
-
-  res.end();
-});
-
-server.listen(1389, function() {
-  console.log('ldapjs listening at ' + server.url);
-});
-```
-
-To run that, assuming you've got the [OpenLDAP](http://www.openldap.org/)
-client on your system:
-
-    ldapsearch -H ldap://localhost:1389 -x -b dc=example objectclass=*
-
-## Installation
-
-    npm install ldapjs
-
-## Node.js Version Support
-
-As of `ldapjs@3` we only support the active Node.js LTS releases.
-See [https://github.com/nodejs/release#release-schedule][schedule] for the LTS
-release schedule.
-
-For a definitive list of Node.js version we support, see the version matrix
-we test against in our [CI configuration][ci-config].
-
-Note: given the release date of `ldapjs@3`, and the short window of time that
-Node.js v14 had remaining on its LTS window, we opted to not support Node.js
-v14 with `ldapjs@3` (we released late February 2023 and v14 goes into
-maintenance in late April 2023). Also, Node.js v14 will be end-of-life (EOL) on
-September 11, 2023; this is a very shortened EOL timeline and makes it even
-more reasonable to not support it at this point.
-
-[schedule]: https://github.com/nodejs/release#release-schedule
-[ci-config]: https://github.com/ldapjs/node-ldapjs/blob/master/.github/workflows/main.yml
-
-## License
-
-MIT.
-
-## Bugs
-
-See <https://github.com/ldapjs/node-ldapjs/issues>.
+# Project Decomissioned
+
+This project has been decomissioned. I, James Sumners, took it on when it was
+languishing without any maintenance as it filled a need in the ecosystem and
+I had built things at a prior organization that depended upon this project.
+I spent a lot of time triaging issues and reworking things toward a path
+that could be more easily maintained by a community of volunteers. But I have
+not had the time to dedicate to this project in quite a while. There are
+outstanding issues that would take me at least a week of dedicated development
+time to solve, and I cannot afford to take time off of work to do that.
+Particularly considering that the aforementioned organization was two
+jobs ago, and it is extremely unlikely that I will transition to a role again
+that will need this project.
+
+So, why am I just now deciding to decomission this project? Because today,
+2024-05-14, I received the following email:
+
+![Abusive email](dt.png)
+
+I will not tolerate abuse, and I especially will not tolerate tacit death
+threats, over a hobby. You can thank the author of that email for the
+decomissioning on this project.
+
+My recommendation to you in regard to LDAP operations: write a gateway in a
+language that is more suited to these types of operations. I'd suggest
+[Go](https://go.dev).
+
+👋
+
+P.S.: if I ever do need this project again, I might revive it. But I'd fight
+hard for my suggestion above. Also, I will consider turning it over to an
+interested party, but I will require at least one recommendation from a
+Node.js core contributor that I can vet with the people that I know on that
+team.