Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-incubator-ooo-dev-archive@minotaur.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-ooo-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 619B4981A for ; Tue, 27 Sep 2011 03:10:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 30628 invoked by uid 500); 27 Sep 2011 03:10:29 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-ooo-dev-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 30338 invoked by uid 500); 27 Sep 2011 03:10:28 -0000 Mailing-List: contact ooo-dev-help@incubator.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 30310 invoked by uid 99); 27 Sep 2011 03:10:27 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 27 Sep 2011 03:10:27 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.7 required=5.0 tests=RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_NEUTRAL X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: neutral (athena.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [71.74.56.124] (HELO hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com) (71.74.56.124) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 27 Sep 2011 03:10:20 +0000 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=lfM0d0QHaVz67dfwwr9cyIw6NbaGR/pZhMD6XWNi0kk= c=1 sm=0 a=5l2VAsqfL8IA:10 a=aV_cciQIfk0A:10 a=7qsJXG2k14gA:10 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=D/K+zHGX0y1AnGhsrccKDw==:17 a=mV9VRH-2AAAA:8 a=igIs2nfnAAAA:8 a=-hyCGDrDAAAA:8 a=vA9D2_tEBifLzo69Iu4A:9 a=ITDuZPCz9kSZfShOCKIA:7 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 a=88iI8knYSJUA:10 a=D/K+zHGX0y1AnGhsrccKDw==:117 X-Cloudmark-Score: 0 X-Originating-IP: 24.166.216.127 Received: from [24.166.216.127] ([24.166.216.127:41643] helo=[192.168.1.3]) by hrndva-oedge03.mail.rr.com (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 2.2.3.46 r()) with ESMTP id EA/C1-12229-78E318E4; Tue, 27 Sep 2011 03:10:00 +0000 Message-ID: <4E813EC5.7050402@apache.org> Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 23:11:01 -0400 From: Carl Marcum User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:6.0.2) Gecko/20110906 Thunderbird/6.0.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: [EXT][DISCUSS] Including Groovy as a scripting language References: <4E812AAA.9020807@apache.org> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 09/26/2011 10:41 PM, Pedro Giffuni wrote: > Hi; > > I like it. I've been thinking that we should campaign moving > opensource extensions to apache-extras, as it could make > things easier for maintainers if they don't want to sign > an ICLA. > Of course I won't complain if you think it's better to include > this directly. The extension project is maintained on Sourceforge. I'm just seeing if there is interest right now. I use Groovy a lot but didn't know if others did. > > Pedro. > > On Mon, 26 Sep 2011 21:45:14 -0400, Carl Marcum wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I wanted to gauge the interest in including Groovy [1] as a scripting >> language. >> >> For those not familiar, Groovy is a dynamic language for the JVM that >> includes features like closures, builders, and dynamic typing. >> >> There is currently a Groovy For OpenOffice extension [2] for this >> available under LGPL. I have contacted the author regarding >> additionally licensing the extension as Apache and he would be willing >> to do that to include it. >> >> Groovy itself is under the Apache 2.0 so I thought it may be a good fit. >> >> I am willing to work on this if there is interest. >> >> Best regards, >> Carl >> >> [1] http://groovy.codehaus.org/ >> [2] http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/GroovyForOpenOffice > Thanks, Carl