Keith F Irwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Folks-- > > I love the XMLS package because it takes XML and turns it into s-exps > which I can then car/cdr through for whatever I want. My needs are > simple and that package fits 'em. > > However, it seems to be unmaintained.
That is somewhat true, although i have an xmls 2.0 in the works, i have not had much time to devote to it. [snip] > SO, here's the deal: > > 1. I'd be happy to take over maintainership of that tiny > code base, set up a darcs repo, etc, etc. > > 2. I'd be happy if someone else took over the maintainership > as well: someone I could submit my patch to who could either > just accept it, or fix the problem it addresses in a more > idiomatic way. > > What I don't know how to do is, well, take over that maintainership, so > I'd need a mentor to help with that. My preference is for > common-lisp.net (though I'm not a fan of cvs), with a mailing list and > the whole thing. If you want to do the work, i have no problem mentoring/reviewing the changes. I've got a host of patches for xmls lying around, and a few extensions. I would simply _love_ to have someone help me maintain xmls. That being said, is xmls still relevant? There are a few more featured xmls parsers out there, and almost everybody seems to support the xmls format. The problem with xmls is that it was too simple, so everybody who uses it seems to write the same helper functions over and over again. I've planned to include a few of those in a future release, but again .. do we still need xmls? I will provide you with whatever you need if you are serious about taking over maintainership of xmls. I only took over because i was using it at the time and the original author dropped the project. :) I personally use the XMLS included in YACLML, and that particular version works in modern sbcls (i beleive), so would be a good starting point. Feel free to contact me ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) with any questions/comments/ideas etc. > > What do you think? Next steps? > > Keith > > -- > Keith F Irwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- drewc at tech dot coop _______________________________________________ Gardeners mailing list [email protected] http://www.lispniks.com/mailman/listinfo/gardeners
