Greetings, I apologize if this is the wrong list for this, but I am new to mailing lists and would appreciate any help provided.
I have a new Idea that is related to but not a part of any Apache project i can find through google. I wish to propose a new java build system with an integrated package manager a-la cargo for Rust and anaconda for Python. This system would also aim to have configurations in a more readable language than XML, say TOML, YAML, or even a minimal custom format that looks like Markdown. and optionally try to deploy shims for executable jars so they can be run systemwide. I also want to include a pre-processor with macro support so it's a little more convenient to make large projects over long hours in java. The closest projects I can think of are ant, maven and gradle. but I don't see how this proposal directly benefits any of those projects and so I don't know where to send my proposal. The apache gsoc page also mentions the moderators (at) community.apache.org mail. but it's also mentioned that we should contact them only if the ideas page isn't getting updated? (i may have read this part wrong) kindly help me find the right target for my proposal, Thanks and Regards. Akitosh
