Re: Survey for preparing FreeMarker development effort

Hi Daniel,

I would like to see the following;

 1. FreeMarker source moved to GitHub
      * This would simplify the work involved for developers and
        maintainers to manage contributions / bug fixes and issues.
 2. Minimum JDK 5, or even 6 (which is now EOL)
      * This would greatly reduce the complexity of the code, some parts
        of the current code are riddled with JDK compat checks.
      * Ability to use the concurrent package to improve performance!
 3. Continue deploying artifacts to central Maven.

Cheers,

Johno

On 10/03/2013 2:06 PM, Daniel Dekany wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> While I'm not one of the original authors of the 2.x.x (non-classic)
> line, seems I have gradually become the main maintainer of the
> FreeMarker template engine over the last few years or so, as the
> original authors (I mostly mean Jonathan and Attila) are inactive
> around here. Only I couldn't allocate enough time for this either, and
> this starts to become a problem for FreeMarker.
>
> So, to catch up, I plan to allocate serious amount of time [*] for
> FreeMarker development stating from late spring or early summer. The
> goal of this effort is fixing long-standing issues (mostly design
> issues that can be addressed without breaking backward compatibility
> too much), adding frequently requested missing features (an those that
> people don't request but I know they need it... :) ), increasing
> usability (better error messages, better documentation, terminology
> simplification) and to make FreeMarker more accessible for potential
> contributors (fixing the branching mess, switching to Maven, Git,
> modularization, addressing ownership/licensing and CLA issues).
>
> Thus, as the first step, I would like to hear about what the wishes of
> you as FreeMarker user are. What features you crave for the most, how
> could FreeMarker integrate better with your product, what are the
> things you or your fellow developers most often has problems with,
> etc. (Of course, I do have a long list of things to fix/improve, but I
> don't want to influence the discussion at this point.)
>
> *: How much time, you might ask. I'm thinking of a few hundred hours
>     here. Yeah, that's bold. What life will allow (work, family, etc.),
>     is another question. We will see.
>

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