Re: Looking for contributors as part of Apache incubation

I don't have the Java skills that a contributor ought to have but I am 
willing to be included and if there is a "to-do" list I'll give it a 
shot.  My understanding of FM internals is pretty limited but again, as 
a long time user of FM, I'll do what I can.

Pete Helgren
www.petesworkshop.com
GIAC Secure Software Programmer-Java

On 5/30/2015 5:21 AM, Daniel Dekany wrote:
> We are (or mostly, I'm) trying to move FreeMarker over to the Apache
> Software Foundation. So far the reaction is mostly positive on
> Apache's side, but, the major concern is the low number of active
> contributors. If everything goes well, there will be a voting about
> letting FreeMarker in into the Apache *Incubator*, where it will have
> to build up some kind of community or else it will fail. OTOH the main
> reason I want FM to be an Apache project is exactly to improve chances
> of finding contributors, especially long term ones like myself.
> Obviously, one man (me) is not very safe for the users (like what if
> something happens with me, or I just move on).
>
> So, I just wonder if I can expect anyone to join the incubation when
> and if it will be started. There's lot of interesting but difficult
> tasks to do. Like better automatic escaping, a new parser that's more
> IDE friendly and faster and has better error messages, proper support
> of Map-s with non-string keys, better null handling, advanced
> white-space removal, better caching, better i18n, supporting custom
> "dialects" (i.e., changing the set of built-ins and built-in
> directives), public template introspection API, better debugging,
> Android support, and many more. It was just a glimpse. There's a lot
> of space for advancement.
>


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