Hi Pedro,
On 25.03.2014 16:29, Pedro Giffuni wrote:
> Hello;
>
> Concerning beanshell itself, we did everything we were supposed to do to get
> Beanshell into the
> ASF. The code was relicensed and the major IP-clearance process was done. The
> author also
> submitted a SGA to the ASF secretary. You can check out the code in
> apache-extras:
>
> https://code.google.com/a/apache-extras.org/p/beanshell/
>
> As I see it, what stalled the process were basic doubts about the value of
> the incubation process
> itself. In other words, we already did most of what was meant to be done in
> incubation (the
> IP-clearance and the SGA) so if any Apache Project needs the code they can
> consume it directly.
>
> After the vote (which is apparently still open?), most of us that were
> involved, have been too
> busy on other things.
Thank you for this update!
> I would have thought that the Beanshell code was more valuable to the rest of
> the ASF than to
> Apache OpenOffice, where the extension is optional. Beyond AOO, what I would
> have really liked is
> to see the Apache Commons BSF update their support for Beanshell and take it
> in.
The Apache Commons BSF is only working on scripting language /engines/ in two
forms, one being the
pre-javax.script ("pure" Apache versions that originate from the IBM opensource
project donated to
Apache later to originally allow using scripting languages in JSPs) a.k.a. BSF
version 2.x, and a
non-backward compatible version 3.x framework implementing the JSR-223
(javax.script) specs.
BeanShell itself should probably be its own project under the Apache Commons
umbrella.
---rony
