It is summer, is Sean just on vacation?

Dan

On Aug 5, 2007, at 09:08, TRANS wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I'm considering forking the libxml project. Once again I can't get a
> hold of Sean Chittenden. So we can't get any new developers on the
> project with commit rights. No one, as far as I know, is actively
> patching. And no one is at the helm.
>
> I am not a C coder, so really I'm not the best man for the job. But I
> am willing to coordinate and do everything I am able for the project.
> I really need a good, fast xml library for Ruby, and AFAIK bindings to
> libxml are the best choice. Unfortunately there are some serious
> issues with the current bindings --memory leaks and speed issues (I've
> seen libxml run slower than rexml, which really threw me for a loop).
> So I want to do something...
>
> So if you all agree, that a fork is a good idea, the question arises:
> would we be better off starting from scratch? (We can use some of the
> old code piecemeal as proves useful, of course.)  If so, who wants to
> take up that challenge?
>
> T.
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