Beanshell moved to github
Hello; As some of you might recall, we tried to start a new incubation project for Beanshell, or alternatively just get it included in Apache Commons but neither of those happened. We (actually Pat) did the SGA paperwork and the code was effectively relicensed under the Apache License version 2. The code was living in Apache Extras but with the deprecation of Google Code we have moved Beanshell to github. You are welcome to join, contribute, or simply consume from it's new home at github: https://github.com/beanshell/beanshell Regards, Pedro. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
Re: [NOTICE] corinthia PPMC+committer -= dortef, franz, gbg, ianc, jani, louis, pmkelly
Hello; I am sad to see corinthia move outside the ASF. It looks like it's pretty late to change that and as someone said Apache is not for everyone. In any case I thought I'd comment: In Apache OpenOffice we considered the same situation with GTK, and the general consensus at the time is that GTK was to be considered a system library. Our function in OpenOffice was not to create a graphics toolkit so the consideration seemed appropriate. We also just had to adapt to whatever set of tools each OS offers. We did have a plan B: the enlightenment foundation libraries should serve a similar purpose and are under a BSD license: https://www.enlightenment.org/ I understand Webkit is mixed LGPL+BSD, getting a quality replacement for that is probably not easy. Pedro. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
Re: [VOTE] Accept Apache BeanShell in the Incubator
+1 Pedro Giffuni On May 24, 2013, at 12:23 AM, Simone Tripodi simonetrip...@apache.org wrote: Dear ASF members, We would like to propose BeanShell for the incubator. The proposal draft is available at: https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/BeanShellProposal, follows below the proposal Open is open for at least 72h and closes approximately on May 27th at 8:20am GMT [ ] +1 accept BeanShell in the Incubator [ ] +/-0 [ ] -1 because (provide a reason) Many thanks in advance, all the best! -Simo http://people.apache.org/~simonetripodi/ http://simonetripodi.livejournal.com/ http://twitter.com/simonetripodi http://www.99soft.org/ ~~~ = BeanShell = == Abstract == The following proposal is about BeanShell, see JSR-274: The BeanShell Scripting Language implementation. == Proposal == BeanShell is a small, free, embeddable Java source interpreter with object scripting language features, written in Java. BeanShell dynamically executes standard Java syntax and extends it with common scripting conveniences such as loose types, commands, and method closures like those in Perl and JavaScript. Users can use BeanShell interactively for Java experimentation and debugging as well as to extend your applications in new ways. Scripting Java lends itself to a wide variety of applications including rapid prototyping, user scripting extension, rules engines, configuration, testing, dynamic deployment, embedded systems, and even Java education. BeanShell is small and embeddable, so users can call BeanShell from Java applications to execute Java code dynamically at run-time or to provide extensibility in applications. Alternatively, users can use standalone BeanShell scripts to manipulate Java applications; working with Java objects and APIs dynamically. Since BeanShell is written in Java and runs in the same VM as application, users can freely pass references to live objects into scripts and return them as results. == Background == BeanShell is a long living project born in the 2000 thanks to Patrick Niemeyer initial effort, who is still maintaining the project, with the help of Daniel Leuck and contributions voluntarily sent by users. == Rationale == Currently there are no projects hosted by the ASF focused on providing JSR-274 implementation, moving the existing BeanShell project under the Apache umbrella would mean the ASF provides the JSR-274 reference implementation. = Current Status = == Meritocracy == The historical BeanShell team believes in meritocracy and always acted as a community. Mailing list, open issue tracker and other communication channels have always been adopted since its first release. The adoption in a larger community, such as Apache, is the natural evolution for BeanShell. Moreover, the Apache standards will enforce the existing BeanShell community practices and will be a foundation for future committers involvement. == Core Developers == In alphabetical order: * Daniel Leuck dan at ikayzo dot com, * Patrick Niemeyer pat at ikayzo dot com * Pedro Giffuni pfg at apache dot org * Simone Tripodi simonetripodi at apache dot org == Alignment == Main aim of the project is to develop and maintain a fully flavored JSR-274 implementation that can be used by other Apache projects that need a Java Scripting Language. = Known Risks = == Orphaned Products == The increasing number of BeanShell adopters and the raising interest for the JSR-274 technology let us believe that there is a minimal risk for this work to being abandoned from the community. Moreover, BeanShell has been already used by the following projects for years: * Apache OpenOffice * Apache Maven * Apache JMeter == Inexperience with Open Source == All of the committers have experience working in one or more open source projects inside and outside ASF. == Homogeneous Developers == The list of initial committers are geographically distributed across the world with no one company being associated with a majority of the developers. Many of these initial developers are experienced Apache committers already and all are experienced with working in distributed development communities. == Reliance on Salaried Developers == To the best of our knowledge, none of the initial committers are being paid to develop code for this project. BeanShell has already proven its capability to attract external developers. == Relationships with Other Apache Products == A number of existing ASF projects already benefit from BeanShell implementation, including Apache OpenOffice, Apache Maven and Apache JMeter. It is hoped that members of those projects will be interested in contributing to and adopting this implementation. == An Excessive Fascination with the Apache Brand == Even if the BeanShell community recognizes the power and the attractiveness of the ASF
Re: [PROPOSAL] BeanShell join the Apache Incubator
This is a great team! - Messaggio originale - Da: Dave Fisher Inviato: Lunedì 18 Febbraio 2013 19:51 Oggetto: Re: [PROPOSAL] BeanShell join the Apache Incubator Hi, This does look interesting. I'd like to help and have added myself as a project Mentor if that is alright. I know Dave since his involvement in Apache OpenOffice and I met Nour and Simone at ApacheConEU, it will be great to work with all of you guys! For reference, we have already advanced in the IP clearance process: Patrick is the main developer and the copyright owner and he already changed the headers. We were also very lucky that the single (optional) dependency was relicensed from LGPL to BSD and it was easy to update. I am sure this will be a very fun project for all of us involved! Pedro. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
Re: Interest in Apache beanshell incubation?
Ciao Simone; Unfortunately I don't have much time these days either, and while there is already a development community around beanshell, we really need someone Apache to lead. For now I am really glad they are moving the license to AL2, this will raise even more interest in ASF. best regards, Pedro. --- On Wed, 10/12/11, Simone Tripodi simonetrip...@apache.org wrote: Hi Pedro, +1 that sounds really interesting - who doesn't know Beanshell, it's amazing! - I may could help on the proposal, but unfortunately I have too many stuff to manage this time to manage so I cannot be fully involved :( Looking forward to see more people interested before putting black on white! All the best, have anice day, Simo http://people.apache.org/~simonetripodi/ http://simonetripodi.livejournal.com/ http://twitter.com/simonetripodi http://www.99soft.org/ On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 10:34 PM, Pedro Giffuni p...@apache.org wrote: (Sorry for crossposting for this time, please redirect any response only to general@incubator) Hello; As some advocacy related to Apache OpenOffice.org, I asked the beanshell.org guys to adopt the Apache License 2. Not only did Patrick Niemeyer and Daniel Leuck agree to this, they were willing to transfer beanshell to the ASF. They are willing to sign a SGA, hand over a mirror of their SVN server and a dump of their CWiki. They are busy in their own projects though, so in general they would want to spend time in an incubation process themselves. http://www.beanshell.org/ I see there are several Apache projects (BSF, Camel, Script, AOOo) using Beanshell so I think this would be beneficial to the ASF. Perhaps someone already used to Apache ways, would like to take the lead in an incubation process? best regards, Pedro. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
Interest in Apache beanshell incubation?
(Sorry for crossposting for this time, please redirect any response only to general@incubator) Hello; As some advocacy related to Apache OpenOffice.org, I asked the beanshell.org guys to adopt the Apache License 2. Not only did Patrick Niemeyer and Daniel Leuck agree to this, they were willing to transfer beanshell to the ASF. They are willing to sign a SGA, hand over a mirror of their SVN server and a dump of their CWiki. They are busy in their own projects though, so in general they would want to spend time in an incubation process themselves. http://www.beanshell.org/ I see there are several Apache projects (BSF, Camel, Script, AOOo) using Beanshell so I think this would be beneficial to the ASF. Perhaps someone already used to Apache ways, would like to take the lead in an incubation process? best regards, Pedro. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation
[X] +1 Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation (non-binding) I like the Apache license and I think having a really free alternative is good for everyone, as much as clang vs gcc and linux vs FreeBSD. Apache is also a good fit for OO technologically and I think the incubation process will end up benefiting libreoffice by either code adoption and by providing further motivation to keep being relevant. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
