> On 25 Jul 2019, at 12:22, Graham Leggett <minf...@sharp.fm> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I propose the creation of, in addition to apr and apr-util, the apr-tools
> project.
>
> apr-tools would contain a series of command line tools that correspond with
> many of the capabilities of the apr library. Such tools might include:
Would that be purely in C, or could it be a mix, perhaps including scripting
languages?
> - escape: A tool that can escape and unescape data based on the apr_escape.h
> API.
> - encode: A tool that can encode/decode based on the apr_encode API.
> - dbd: A tool that can perform database queries through the apr_dbd
> astraction, etc.
First thought: harmless, but how useful is it? Do you have evidence of a
userbase who
are insufficiently served by existing tools in a similar space?
Or, I guess, how did you come to it? Is it that you have a use for it
somewhere in
your own work, and think your use likely to generalise to others?
> First question is thoughts? Bonkers? Good idea?
Persuade me the potential reward is worth the effort, and I'll go with the Good
Idea.
> Second question is structure. Part of APR? Alongside APR?
Either within APR or your external effort: IMHO it would be excessively
bureaucratic
to put it within the ASF but separate from APR.
--
Nick Kew
