Re: Looking for contributors as part of Apache incubation

Thank you! And yes, there will be a TODO list, that I will assemble
with contributors is mind. BTW, just trying to make new features to
fail can be a big help, or participating in decision regarding FTL
language design decisions with a fresh eye.

-- 
Thanks,
 Daniel Dekany


Monday, June 1, 2015, 8:44:20 PM, Pete Helgren wrote:

> 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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