That's great, Gareth. I do think these lists are the right starting point, and that creating a community of developers/users is key. I think I won't approach the gene...@incubator.apache.org list immediately because it just seems premature. (But thanks anyway, Michael, it seems like a good route if we aren't able to find a champion through the process of community building.)
We'll certainly be continuing the work within both ICI and the research lab at SFU. Incidentally, for someone with the interest, doing open-source project work could be combined with graduate studies ... On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 4:20 AM, Gareth Reakes <gar...@we7.com> wrote: > Hey Rob, > >>> >>> We are interested in feedback and interest from developers and >>> potential users. We are also interested in identifying a potential >>> Champion who could help put us on track to become an official >>> Xerces subproject. >> >> If you're actively looking for a champion you may want to post to the >> gene...@incubator.apache.org list to get the attention of a larger >> audience of ASF members who might be interested in that role. >> > > I would be happy to help out here although posting to that list still makes > sense. The key thing we need to do is work on creating a community that will > support the ongoing development and maintenance. There are not many people > that contribute to Xerces these days and any reticence you may sense is > because we would want to make sure that there was enough interest to support > over the medium/long term. Its not going to be code we know about or can > support easily so the worst thing for us would be to accept the (very > generous) code gift but then be unable to support the users that come with it. > > On a technical level I think what you have done is really cool and useful. > > I would be happy to chat more about this if you want. > > > Gareth > > > > -- > Gareth Reakes, CTO we7 - Great Free Music > +44-20-7117-0809 http://www.we7.com > > "The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic > hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's > also a negative side." - Hunter S. Thompson > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: c-dev-unsubscr...@xerces.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: c-dev-h...@xerces.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: c-dev-unsubscr...@xerces.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: c-dev-h...@xerces.apache.org
