Re: Looking for contributors as part of Apache incubation
marijan milicevic <[email protected]> Wed, 3 Jun 2015 10:46:01 +0200
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--===============4781040873071133423== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a1135f952b7c281051799169f --001a1135f952b7c281051799169f Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Hi Daniel, On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 10:00 PM, Daniel Dekany <[email protected]> wrote: > So, Marijan and Woonasan. I'm especially interested in what Hippo > needs, what FM features you miss the most there, and what existing > "features" you hate the most. > > Also, if in what topics you feel like contributing to. (Like Woonasan > has mentioned Spring MVC integration. That would be very useful to > improve.) > > (And again, there will be a TODO list to pick from.) > > beside number of things Woonsan already mentioned, I would also like to see better IDE support... Currently I am quite familiar with Intellij plugin API and in the past I built Eclipse plugin for custom language so I have some experience with Eclipse plugin API, although this was long ago... Other than that, on a personal level, I would be interested to learn (and do) more about grammar/parsers/AST building (I see freemarker is using javacc, I have some experience with antlr), cheers, marijan > -- > Thanks, > Daniel Dekany > > > Monday, June 1, 2015, 2:33:52 PM, marijan milicevic wrote: > > > Hi Daniel, > > > > I would also be interested in contributing..I am (we are) using > freemarker > > extensively and I would really like it to become an Apache project. > > > > My apache "handle" is marijan (@apache.org) if you need more > information. > > > > cheers > > marijan > > > > PS: I am one of the Woonasan colleagues > > > > > > 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. > >> > >> -- > >> Best regards, > >> Daniel Dekany > >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> _______________________________________________ > >> FreeMarker-devel mailing list > > > >> [email protected] > > > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freemarker-devel > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > View this message in context: > > > http://freemarker.624813.n4.nabble.com/Looking-for-contributors-as-part-of-Apache-incubation-tp4655445p4655448.html > > Sent from the freemarker-devel mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > > FreeMarker-devel mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freemarker-devel > > > > --001a1135f952b7c281051799169f Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">Hi Daniel,<br><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D= "gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 10:00 PM, Daniel Dekany <span dir=3D"l= tr"><<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">ddekany@fr= eemail.hu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style= =3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">So, Mari= jan and Woonasan. I'm especially interested in what Hippo<br> needs, what FM features you miss the most there, and what existing<br> "features" you hate the most.<br> <br> Also, if in what topics you feel like contributing to. (Like Woonasan<br> has mentioned Spring MVC integration. That would be very useful to<br> improve.)<br> <br> (And again, there will be a TODO list to pick from.)<br> <span><font color=3D"#888888"><br></font></span></blockquote><div><br></div= ><div>beside number of things Woonsan already mentioned,=C2=A0</div><div>I = would also like =C2=A0to see better IDE support...</div><div>Currently I am= quite familiar with Intellij plugin API and in the past I built Eclipse pl= ugin=C2=A0</div><div>for custom language so I have some experience with Ecl= ipse plugin API, although this was long ago...</div><div><br></div><div>Oth= er than that, on a personal level, I would be interested to learn (and do) = more about grammar/parsers/AST building=C2=A0</div><div>(I see freemarker i= s using javacc, I have some experience with antlr),</div><div><br></div><di= v><br></div><div>cheers,</div><div>marijan</div><div><br></div><div><br></d= iv><div>=C2=A0</div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0= .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span><font color=3D"#88= 8888"> --<br> Thanks,<br> =C2=A0Daniel Dekany<br> </font></span><div><div><br> <br> Monday, June 1, 2015, 2:33:52 PM, marijan milicevic wrote:<br> <br> > Hi Daniel,<br> ><br> > I would also be interested in contributing..I am (we are) using freema= rker<br> > extensively and I would really like it to become an Apache project.<br= > ><br> > My apache "handle" is marijan (@<a href=3D"http://apache.org= " target=3D"_blank">apache.org</a>) if you need more information.<br> ><br> > cheers<br> > marijan<br> ><br> > PS:=C2=A0 I am one of the Woonasan colleagues<br> ><br> ><br> > Daniel Dekany wrote<br> >> We are (or mostly, I'm) trying to move FreeMarker over to the = Apache<br> >> Software Foundation. So far the reaction is mostly positive on<br> >> Apache's side, but, the major concern is the low number of act= ive<br> >> contributors. If everything goes well, there will be a voting abou= t<br> >> letting FreeMarker in into the Apache *Incubator*, where it will h= ave<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 cha= nces<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 wh= en<br> >> and if it will be started. There's lot of interesting but diff= icult<br> >> tasks to do. Like better automatic escaping, a new parser that'= ;s more<br> >> IDE friendly and faster and has better error messages, proper supp= ort<br> >> of Map-s with non-string keys, better null handling, advanced<br> >> white-space removal, better caching, better i18n, supporting custo= m<br> >> "dialects" (i.e., changing the set of built-ins and buil= t-in<br> >> directives), public template introspection API, better debugging,<= br> >> Android support, and many more. It was just a glimpse. There's= a lot<br> >> of space for advancement.<br> >><br> >> --<br> >> Best regards,<br> >>=C2=A0 Daniel Dekany<br> >><br> >><br> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------= ------------<br> >> _______________________________________________<br> >> FreeMarker-devel mailing list<br> ><br> >> [email protected]<br> ><br> >> <a href=3D"https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freemarker= -devel" target=3D"_blank">https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/free= marker-devel</a><br> ><br> ><br> ><br> ><br> ><br> > --<br> > View this message in context:<br> > <a href=3D"http://freemarker.624813.n4.nabble.com/Looking-for-contribu= tors-as-part-of-Apache-incubation-tp4655445p4655448.html" target=3D"_blank"= >http://freemarker.624813.n4.nabble.com/Looking-for-contributors-as-part-of= -Apache-incubation-tp4655445p4655448.html</a><br> > Sent from the freemarker-devel mailing list archive at Nabble.com.<br> ><br> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------= --------<br> > _______________________________________________<br> > FreeMarker-devel mailing list<br> > <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_b= lank">[email protected]</a><br> > <a href=3D"https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freemarker-dev= el" target=3D"_blank">https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freemark= er-devel</a><br> ><br> <br> </div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div> --001a1135f952b7c281051799169f-- --===============4781040873071133423== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --===============4781040873071133423== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ FreeMarker-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freemarker-devel --===============4781040873071133423==--