Re: [PROPOSAL] Apache Parser

2012-06-01 Thread Jukka Zitting
Hi, On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 8:18 AM, Seungyoung Kim wrote: > Apache Parser The proposal is missing a Champion [1]. Did you already have someone in mind, or are you looking for a volunteer? Once you have a champion who knows his way around the ASF, he or she should be able to help figure out whe

Re: [PROPOSAL] Apache Parser

2012-05-31 Thread Alex Karasulu
On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 9:11 AM, Alex Karasulu wrote: > > > On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 5:37 AM, Greg Stein wrote: > >> On May 31, 2012 5:31 AM, "Greg Stein" wrote: >> >... >> > (that said, I agree: this seems like it should be a proposal to >> > Commons, so we just need to handle that redirection) >

Re: [PROPOSAL] Apache Parser

2012-05-31 Thread Alex Karasulu
On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 5:37 AM, Greg Stein wrote: > On May 31, 2012 5:31 AM, "Greg Stein" wrote: > >... > > (that said, I agree: this seems like it should be a proposal to > > Commons, so we just need to handle that redirection) > > And I didn't read the proposal closely enough, but took from Ra

Re: [PROPOSAL] Apache Parser

2012-05-31 Thread Ralph Goers
On May 31, 2012, at 7:37 PM, Greg Stein wrote: > On May 31, 2012 5:31 AM, "Greg Stein" wrote: >> ... >> (that said, I agree: this seems like it should be a proposal to >> Commons, so we just need to handle that redirection) > > And I didn't read the proposal closely enough, but took from Ralph'

Re: [PROPOSAL] Apache Parser

2012-05-31 Thread Greg Stein
On May 31, 2012 5:31 AM, "Greg Stein" wrote: >... > (that said, I agree: this seems like it should be a proposal to > Commons, so we just need to handle that redirection) And I didn't read the proposal closely enough, but took from Ralph's comment that this was some Java code. ... but no, it is a

Re: [PROPOSAL] Apache Parser

2012-05-31 Thread Seungyoung Kim
Yes, that's right. If you'd like me to make my comment on this, I'd say... what I was trying to emphasize was, what would be the choice of *configuration file syntax* if we have INI, XML, JSON and Apache-sytle on the table. Well, I would choose JSON for representing structured data which is mainl

Re: [PROPOSAL] Apache Parser

2012-05-31 Thread Steve Loughran
On 31 May 2012 07:18, Seungyoung Kim wrote: > XML and JSON format is another one which are used wided, but little bit > too complecated and heavy from application's stand point of view. > I'd agree with this critique of XML, but not JSON. Easy to yacc-up a parser, a fair number of implementatio

Re: [PROPOSAL] Apache Parser

2012-05-31 Thread Seungyoung Kim
mostly dedicated to Java area. We have Apache STDCXX project for C++ language and, in concept, Apache Commons can be categorized as a sort of STDCXX in Java language. As both projects have their own direction, I think my proposal, Apache Parser, stands differently with Commons Configuration and has

Re: [PROPOSAL] Apache Parser

2012-05-31 Thread Greg Stein
On May 31, 2012 5:38 AM, "Alex Karasulu" wrote: > > On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 12:31 PM, Greg Stein wrote: >... > > Many *proposals* arrive, > > asking for the necessary quorum of committers. > > Is this quorum 3 committers? Sorry. What I was trying to say, but abbreviated improperly, is that we sh

Re: [PROPOSAL] Apache Parser

2012-05-31 Thread Alex Karasulu
On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 12:31 PM, Greg Stein wrote: > On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 5:20 AM, Alex Karasulu > wrote: > >... > > insufficient mass (from the committer perspective). We need a minimum of > 3 > > committers to consider this a community applying to the Incubator. > > Careful... we need thre

Re: [PROPOSAL] Apache Parser

2012-05-31 Thread Greg Stein
On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 5:20 AM, Alex Karasulu wrote: >... > insufficient mass (from the committer perspective). We need a minimum of 3 > committers to consider this a community applying to the Incubator. Careful... we need three for *acceptance*. Many *proposals* arrive, asking for the necessary

Re: [PROPOSAL] Apache Parser

2012-05-31 Thread Alex Karasulu
On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 9:37 AM, Ralph Goers wrote: > My initial reaction is that there may be some confusion between this > project and Commons Configuration, at least from a naming standpoint. > However, I don't believe Commons Configuration currently supports this > format of configuration. >

Re: [PROPOSAL] Apache Parser

2012-05-30 Thread Ralph Goers
My initial reaction is that there may be some confusion between this project and Commons Configuration, at least from a naming standpoint. However, I don't believe Commons Configuration currently supports this format of configuration. Ralph On May 30, 2012, at 11:18 PM, Seungyoung Kim wrote:

[PROPOSAL] Apache Parser

2012-05-30 Thread Seungyoung Kim
Apache Parser === General Purpose Apache-style Configuration File Parser * Definition - Apache-style Configuration: A configuration file syntax and format originally introduced and used in Apache HTTPd. * Abstract Apache-style configuration syntax provides powerful, ver