Re: [DISCUSS] Pre New Podling: MEA

OpenDAL now relies heavily on MEA. I would be happy to mentor this project.

On Sun, Aug 2, 2026, at 23:20, tison wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'd like to test the waters for bringing MEA [1] into the Apache Incubator.
>
> [1] https://github.com/fast/mea
>
> MEA (Make Easy Async) is a runtime-agnostic Rust library providing
> synchronization and coordination primitives for asynchronous programs. It
> includes mutexes, read-write locks, semaphores, barriers, condition
> variables, latches, wait groups, channels, and several higher-level
> concurrency utilities.
>
> The intended scope is async synchronization and coordination rather than
> building another async runtime. Applications can use MEA with Tokio or any
> other executors.
>
> I started the project in 2024 and currently maintain it under the Apache
> License 2.0. There are about four contributors (including me) actively
> overseeing the project.
>
> I am considering donating the MEA codebase to the ASF and proposing a new
> podling around it. Before putting together a formal proposal, I'd like to
> ask:
>
> * Is anyone interested in using, contributing to, or joining the initial
> community of such a project?
> * Are there fellow IPMC members interested in serving as Mentors? I can
> take care of the Champion role and help drive the incubation work.
> * Do you have suggestions for a better project name? "MEA" is short and
> generic, but it may not be straightforward for spreading. I am open to
> renaming the project before incubation. Ideally, the new name would be
> distinctive while still suggesting async synchronization or concurrency in
> Rust.
>
> If there is enough interest, I will follow up with a draft proposal.
>
> Best,
> tison.

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