Hi, EasyAnt team would like to get more visibility and build a bigger community based on real "open source spirit". As we're already based on many Apache project (Ant + Ivy), it seems natural for us that Apache Software Foundation could be a good host for this.
Before starting the proposal process ( http://incubator.apache.org/guides/proposal.html) i would like to know if there is anybody here that can help us in this process. Project Context : ----------------- Easyant is a build system based on Apache Ant and Apache Ivy. Our goals are : * to leverage popularity and flexibility of Ant. * to integrate Apache Ivy, such that the build system combines a ready-to-use dependency manager. * to simplify standard build types, such as building web applications, JARs etc, by providing ready to use builds. * to provide conventions and guidelines. * to make plugging-in of fresh functionalities easy as writing simple Ant scripts as Easyant plugins. To still remain adaptable, * Though Easyant comes with a lot of conventions, we never lock you in. * Easyant allows you to easily extend existing modules or create and use your own modules. * Easyant makes migration from Ant very simple. Your legacy Ant scripts could still be leveraged with Easyant. Legal part : ------------ The code has been developed under the ASL2 license and by six developpers: Xavier Hanin, Jérôme Benois, Jason Trump, Siddhartha Purkayastha, Nicolas Lalevée and me. I've already discussed about this with our team, they are joining me in this request and are willing to sign any software grant paper necessary. -- Jean Louis Boudart Independent consultant Project Lead http://www.easyant.org
