OpenDAL now relies heavily on MEA. I would be happy to mentor this project.
On Sun, Aug 2, 2026, at 23:20, tison wrote: > Hi, > > I'd like to test the waters for bringing MEA [1] into the Apache Incubator. > > [1] https://github.com/fast/mea > > MEA (Make Easy Async) is a runtime-agnostic Rust library providing > synchronization and coordination primitives for asynchronous programs. It > includes mutexes, read-write locks, semaphores, barriers, condition > variables, latches, wait groups, channels, and several higher-level > concurrency utilities. > > The intended scope is async synchronization and coordination rather than > building another async runtime. Applications can use MEA with Tokio or any > other executors. > > I started the project in 2024 and currently maintain it under the Apache > License 2.0. There are about four contributors (including me) actively > overseeing the project. > > I am considering donating the MEA codebase to the ASF and proposing a new > podling around it. Before putting together a formal proposal, I'd like to > ask: > > * Is anyone interested in using, contributing to, or joining the initial > community of such a project? > * Are there fellow IPMC members interested in serving as Mentors? I can > take care of the Champion role and help drive the incubation work. > * Do you have suggestions for a better project name? "MEA" is short and > generic, but it may not be straightforward for spreading. I am open to > renaming the project before incubation. Ideally, the new name would be > distinctive while still suggesting async synchronization or concurrency in > Rust. > > If there is enough interest, I will follow up with a draft proposal. > > Best, > tison. -- Xuanwo https://xuanwo.io/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
