To be honest, I didn't really feel that there was anything for me to add. I suppose I should have responded to that effect.
To elaborate - In the previous discussion, both Roger and myself voiced support for continuing the C version. Since I thought that was established, I took the first question to be more about the future of the Java version. Since I don't have the knowledge or experience to meaningfully discuss or contribute to the Java related questions or codebase, I felt that that question, as well as the subsequent questions (which all seem to be Java related) are all outside my area of expertise. So with regard to the C version of the project, yes, I'm still in support of continuing it, and will do what I can to help make that happen. But with regard to the Java version of the project, unless someone else with that skill set is willing to step up and help, it may indeed be up to Gary to drive those kinds of decisions for the Java version. Best regards, Bill On Sat, Feb 16, 2019 at 10:14:20PM -0000, Roman Shaposhnik wrote: > Ping! It has been a month and it seems that nobody has chimed in on > the questions that Gary provided below. > > Does this mean that despite all efforts of late Xalan community is no more, > or does it mean that basically it is up to Gary to actually answer them? > > Bill, Roger, unless you guys show some level of activity -- I don't think the > proposed resolution makes much sense. > > Thanks, > Roman. > > On 2019/01/16 12:49:23, Gary Gregory <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > Roman: Thank you for following up. > > > > I think there a couple of worthy items to discuss: > > - Which Xalan components are we still interested in? We have both a C and a > > Java version. > > - Does the Oracle JRE still contain a fork of Xalan-J? What are the > > differences? > > - When we talk about Java, should we restrict the conversation to LTE > > releases like Java 8 and 11? > > - Saxon-HE feels so far ahead of Xalan now. Are there other XSL processors > > out there that are free and/or FOSS? > > - In light of Saxon, keeping Xalan-J alive seems more of an exercise in > > maintenance. Selfishly, it would help me at work, but I might be more > > inclined to spend my time to port to Saxon TBH, instead of waiting for XSL > > 2 support in Xalan-J for example. > > > > I'm sure there is more but that seems like a start ;-) > > > > Gary > > > > On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 7:27 PM Roman Shaposhnik <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi! > > > > > > apologies for delaying this by a couple of weeks -- holiday break and > > > $DAYJOB > > > are to blame. Here's the resolution I'd like to consider submitting for > > > the next board > > > meeting to re-establish Xalan PMC. Not that I'm proposing this in a form > > > of a resolution, > > > but there may be other procedural ways to accomplish the same -- which I > > > will discuss > > > at the board meeting tomorrow. Still, the official part of it is going to > > > look something like: > > > > > > WHEREAS, the Board of Directors deems it to be in the best > > > interests of the Foundation and consistent with the > > > Foundation's purpose to continue maintaining a Project Management > > > Committee charged with the creation and maintenance of > > > open-source software, for distribution at no charge to > > > the public, related to XSLT processors in Java and C++. > > > > > > NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Management > > > Committee (PMC), to be known as the "Apache Xalan", continues > > > its operation pursuant to Bylaws of the Foundation; and be it further > > > > > > RESOLVED, that the persons listed immediately below be and > > > hereby are appointed to serve as the new members of the > > > Apache Xalan Project: > > > > > > * Bill Blough <[email protected]> > > > * Roger Leigh <[email protected]> > > > * Gary D. Gregory <[email protected]> > > > > > > NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Gary D. Gregory > > > be appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache Xalan, to > > > serve in accordance with and subject to the direction of the > > > Board of Directors and the Bylaws of the Foundation until > > > death, resignation, retirement, removal or disqualification, > > > or until a successor is appointed. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Roman. > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > -- GPG: 5CDD 0C9C F446 BC1B 2509 8791 1762 E022 7034 CF84 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
