From general-return-36045-apmail-incubator-general-archive=incubator.apache.org@incubator.apache.org Fri Jun 1 06:11:34 2012 Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-incubator-general-archive@www.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-general-archive@www.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 368B99D83 for ; Fri, 1 Jun 2012 06:11:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 38321 invoked by uid 500); 1 Jun 2012 06:11:32 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-general-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 37961 invoked by uid 500); 1 Jun 2012 06:11:31 -0000 Mailing-List: contact general-help@incubator.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: general@incubator.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list general@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 37938 invoked by uid 99); 1 Jun 2012 06:11:30 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Fri, 01 Jun 2012 06:11:30 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.5 required=5.0 tests=HTML_MESSAGE,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (athena.apache.org: domain of akarasulu@gmail.com designates 74.125.82.43 as permitted sender) Received: from [74.125.82.43] (HELO mail-wg0-f43.google.com) (74.125.82.43) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Fri, 01 Jun 2012 06:11:24 +0000 Received: by wgbdr1 with SMTP id dr1so1460760wgb.0 for ; Thu, 31 May 2012 23:11:02 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=qH08r3mHfQ+aV7D2/YtBCC1+a1wJBOaYMNGKOLZzKCs=; b=MOB9QIxkLa63KVGKP+F1B8JnPYA+I5lGccXFchaHg65NbajAmkgBF5cvPzbqlfOrpP biajoodyTGcgFDy4yNu8tHIb9dAQ8IgcDdyv19H32ArxSDWjbTsv9qIvVDEatl5xVojH 2nhmVpUxoqBGkt1lO6ZTKwRxu0dkz6FDWfI8xFZIMG6sgp307nWPX1bo9aqRnL9GckzA 7NICqo+EkXgLjSxCSpfcDACYzC6YNtdMydZCA5RhRKSfuGMMd+9Q0I+cPZ4NudX86Lo0 wnOQPP+DZ8cwa7KBhFXIjfHP1wNqTy6rxxLiTPUFyQkJehdWFnR/cEzpJeh1mSN6PVeY 3VFg== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.150.140 with SMTP id z12mr1272015wej.68.1338531062788; Thu, 31 May 2012 23:11:02 -0700 (PDT) Sender: akarasulu@gmail.com Received: by 10.180.87.99 with HTTP; Thu, 31 May 2012 23:11:02 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2012 09:11:02 +0300 X-Google-Sender-Auth: PvOIqnr4cuY1h8GAIns_cDb3B3A Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PROPOSAL] Apache Parser From: Alex Karasulu To: general@incubator.apache.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0016e6d58b5284b0aa04c1630ca2 X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org --0016e6d58b5284b0aa04c1630ca2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 5:37 AM, Greg Stein wrote: > On May 31, 2012 5:31 AM, "Greg Stein" wrote: > >... > > (that said, I agree: this seems like it should be a proposal to > > Commons, so we just need to handle that redirection) > > And I didn't read the proposal closely enough, but took from Ralph's > comment that this was some Java code. ... but no, it is a C-based project. > Thus, I don't think Apache Commons has any bearing here. > > I'm +1 on the proposal. > > Technically I'm a +1. Where else does an Apache Httpd style configuration parser fit best? Immediately examples like Xerces come to mind of projects with similar technical merit. BTW to me this has nothing to do with Java vs. C code. The concept is sound. My concern only rests on having enough committers to jell community around it, even in the incubator. If we can get a couple more people committed, not as mentors but as contributors (perhaps from local Apache communities), then any concerns I may have vanish. I'm wondering just how a PPMC will function. > Give it a shot to build a community. That is part of what the Incubator is > all about. > > True. However this feels like the corner case of corner cases with a single committer. I'd like to help Seungyoung get some committers first before rushing to incubate. Perhaps we can ask the community now, who else is interested as participating at the committer level? Maybe (off the top of my head) the code base is small enough for an IP clearance and this can be a contribution to the Apache Httpd project. This way it has a chance to grow there with the support from that TLP? Maybe this is a good Apache Labs project candidate. At this point the Incubator just seems like a heavy weight process. I'm thinking there's a better way. -- Best Regards, -- Alex --0016e6d58b5284b0aa04c1630ca2--