Hi David, On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 11:12 PM, David Dawson < david.daw...@simplicityitself.com> wrote:
> if I can suggest, this will take in the order of months of dedicated > effort from a small team to get running smoothly. > I understand that part - It is not going to be dedicated full time. But I can promise a very sincere best possible effort. > > The core groovy team don't have the ability (ie, time) to organise this, > which is why it's gone by the wayside. > > My suggestion is that those who are asking how to help should look to self > organise. Set up a mailing list and dedicated slack channel, get all those > who are involved in there and start to grind through setting up the > environment, making small fixes etc. Bring in the core team when you can't > progress. > > This is going to be a couple of people for now. But yes, mailing lists and IRCs will all be there eventually. > it's going to be a chunk of work. The eclipse api and how to integrate > with it will be te rub. Groovy eclipse has a bunch of patches that dig into > the compiler to catch errors, handle failures and present that into the UI, > so you'll need to start understanding the groovy compiler, and also the > eclipse api. > > This is roughly what I was expecting for. Thanks. > I'd say, get the code and start beating the crap out of it over a weekend > with anyone else that shows an interest, see where you get? > > Agreed. Sometimes, brute force kick start and then streamlining does work :) Thanks again for hinting. > David. > > > On 25 May 2016 at 18:22, Balachandran Sivakumar <benignb...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 10:02 PM, Balachandran Sivakumar < >> benignb...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi Cedric, >>> >>> On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 5:27 PM, Cédric Champeau < >>> cedric.champ...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> there's absolutely no need for an external DSL descriptor: all the >>>>> constructs of the language, like extension methods or static builders are >>>>> first class language features. The issue is, IDE support for Groovy is >>>>> lacking (Groovy Eclipse is dead, IntelliJ needs to know specifics of >>>>> static >>>>> Gradle/Groovy scripts, ...) >>>> >>>> >>> If we have to resurrect it, what would it take ? I mean, what skill >>> set/knowledge should someone have to work on it and resurrect it ? Also, >>> can someone here help with that effort ? Thanks >>> >>> >> Can someone please help with this ? What would it take for someone >> with reasonable Groovy/Java knowledge to pick up Goovy Eclipse and maintain >> it ? Thanks >> >> -- >> Thank you >> Balachandran Sivakumar >> >> > > > -- > > > David Dawson | CEO | Simplicity Itself > > Tel +44 7866 011 256 > Skype: davidadawson > david.daw...@simplicityitself.com > http://www.simplicityitself.com > -- Thank you Balachandran Sivakumar