From odf-dev-return-1565-apmail-incubator-odf-dev-archive=incubator.apache.org@incubator.apache.org Mon Feb 4 01:31:28 2013 Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-incubator-odf-dev-archive@minotaur.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-odf-dev-archive@minotaur.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id F3CC0E58F for ; Mon, 4 Feb 2013 01:31:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 85521 invoked by uid 500); 4 Feb 2013 01:31:27 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-odf-dev-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 85455 invoked by uid 500); 4 Feb 2013 01:31:27 -0000 Mailing-List: contact odf-dev-help@incubator.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: odf-dev@incubator.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list odf-dev@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 85444 invoked by uid 99); 4 Feb 2013 01:31:27 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Mon, 04 Feb 2013 01:31:27 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.7 required=5.0 tests=RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (nike.apache.org: domain of hammyau@gmail.com designates 209.85.220.171 as permitted sender) Received: from [209.85.220.171] (HELO mail-vc0-f171.google.com) (209.85.220.171) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Mon, 04 Feb 2013 01:31:19 +0000 Received: by mail-vc0-f171.google.com with SMTP id p1so3642844vcq.30 for ; Sun, 03 Feb 2013 17:30:59 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-received:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=VYWy8OuJHmeR92yMK0hxi9dY9m6TXdytAy3LkmGqMNs=; b=ot8Z8AKyBXUTtgkXLoUZqq9o4pLyZq6UvXafDOhZjy2mzCYluY0gFMxJo5gLYBIt+P OOUz9qMqOcJPBZV2xCVAU3KQB9nafS+yEejyJnqiCG4sh+qS6OQD81vwIfLCeKBBodZE uz7yNYYTI+fVHHtFBtPokqb53J9bnDfRmZ1Llv7aSov9Gk2LknSxTQylU+AoLU6BQpa0 RgGDiHMj/Ugbr3ygqEwRwuhLMyh2rnKMQBkLe4E8O07LOFdLEyf8EZ3kTGwlRlrjcWhj bwUZPJqxhXmmD2kYiEX4/FLlPfTwVthlPMtbkRllbFoUsJ57ssZfczV7wdK8ANqT2p6i BUCQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.59.7.65 with SMTP id da1mr15968117ved.4.1359941459005; Sun, 03 Feb 2013 17:30:59 -0800 (PST) Sender: hammyau@gmail.com Received: by 10.52.94.47 with HTTP; Sun, 3 Feb 2013 17:30:58 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <8424158B-CE4F-4F0A-BCDC-F6F31536AFDE@comcast.net> References: <8424158B-CE4F-4F0A-BCDC-F6F31536AFDE@comcast.net> Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2013 09:30:58 +0800 X-Google-Sender-Auth: lOPyI1MCPR3WW-xSCq6Lp-mwL4w Message-ID: Subject: Re: Is there anything happening here? From: Ian C To: odf-dev@incubator.apache.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org Hi Dave, On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 2:04 AM, Dave Fisher wrote: > Hello ODFTollkit community, > > Is there anything happening with development here is the community? I see little to no activity recently. There were discussions and a "code freeze" then trouble then silence. > > So, I am curious about what people plan to do as individuals and where the ODF Toolkit really wants to go as a community. > > If there is not enough community to support development as a full project, then perhaps the alternatives need to be explored. > > (1) Be excepted as a subproject of an existing PMC. Here there are two possible choices: > > - Apache POI - which is about reading and writing Microsoft Office documents in Java. I am on that PMC as our your mentors Nick and Yegor. If there is interest I am sure that we would consider it in some form. > > - Apache OpenOffice - this may be more natural, but it is a vibrant community and this could be considered an important part. > > (2) Make a clean release and then move the code to the Apache Attic. > > Thoughts? yeah, it's quite. A lot more so than AOO. But I think it is an important project and one that should not be moved to the attic. As for moving it to another project, I will leave that to those wiser than me :-) I am using the Toolkit as part of a research project and intend to submit the results to ODFT Apache when I get there. Of course if they are wanted. I have extended it in some ways to provide way of looking into ODF documents to see what is there, in its own right, compared to other documents, and compared to what is defined the schema. I still have a lot of work to do, but getting there. > > Regards, > Dave Cheers, Ian C