Re: Looking for contributors as part of Apache incubation

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Liferay would enjoy if Freemarker (which Liferay uses extensively) were to
become an Apache project and would try to participate as much as we could.

Could you not provide to ASF the long list of "Powered by Freemarker" as
indicator that it's an active and viable project?

- Ray


On Sat, May 30, 2015 at 6:21 AM, Daniel Dekany <[email protected]> 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.
>
> --
> Best regards,
>  Daniel Dekany
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div><div>Liferay would enjoy if Freemarker (which Li=
feray uses extensively) were to become an Apache project and would try to p=
articipate as much as we could.<br><br></div>Could you not provide to ASF t=
he long list of &quot;Powered by Freemarker&quot; as indicator that it&#39;=
s an active and viable project?</div></div><div><br></div><div>- Ray<br></d=
iv><div><br></div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_=
quote">On Sat, May 30, 2015 at 6:21 AM, Daniel Dekany <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt=
;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">ddekany@freemail.=
hu</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"marg=
in:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">We are (or mostl=
y, I&#39;m) trying to move FreeMarker over to the Apache<br>
Software Foundation. So far the reaction is mostly positive on<br>
Apache&#39;s side, but, the major concern is the low number of active<br>
contributors. If everything goes well, there will be a voting about<br>
letting FreeMarker in into the Apache *Incubator*, where it will have<br>
to build up some kind of community or else it will fail. OTOH the main<br>
reason I want FM to be an Apache project is exactly to improve chances<br>
of finding contributors, especially long term ones like myself.<br>
Obviously, one man (me) is not very safe for the users (like what if<br>
something happens with me, or I just move on).<br>
<br>
So, I just wonder if I can expect anyone to join the incubation when<br>
and if it will be started. There&#39;s lot of interesting but difficult<br>
tasks to do. Like better automatic escaping, a new parser that&#39;s more<b=
r>
IDE friendly and faster and has better error messages, proper support<br>
of Map-s with non-string keys, better null handling, advanced<br>
white-space removal, better caching, better i18n, supporting custom<br>
&quot;dialects&quot; (i.e., changing the set of built-ins and built-in<br>
directives), public template introspection API, better debugging,<br>
Android support, and many more. It was just a glimpse. There&#39;s a lot<br=
>
of space for advancement.<br>
<span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888"><br>
--<br>
Best regards,<br>
=C2=A0Daniel Dekany<br>
<br>
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